erusalem (ANTARA News) - The Palestinian death toll in Israel`s two-week-old offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip surged past 850 on Saturday as Israeli tanks and warplanes pounded the impoverished territory.
At least 854 people have been killed since the massive initial air assault on December 27, including 270 children, according to Dr Muawiya Hassanein, the head of Gaza emergency services.
Another 3,490 people have been wounded in the fighting, he was quoted by AFP as saying.
Hassanein explained the surge in casualties by saying that medics had recently pulled several bodies from the rubble in Beit Lahiya and Jabaliya, two areas north of Gaza City that saw fierce fighting on Saturday.
The Palestinian death toll previously stood at 828 killed and 3,350 wounded.
Ten Israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed in battle or by rockets launched by Palestinian militants since the start of the war, which is aimed at halting the firing of rockets and mortars into Israel.
source:antara.co.id
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