Summary Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip kills 7 people bringing to 1,374 the Palestinian death toll.
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip early Wednesday killed seven people, medics said, bringing to 1,374 the Palestinian death toll from a bloody 24-day conflict.
A pre-dawn Israeli air strike killed a man in the central town of Deir al-Balah, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
He said two mid-morning strikes killed three more, one in the southern city of Rafah and another two in Deir al-Balah, also men.
A strike in the southern city of Khan Yunis killed another three people, Qudra said.
The strikes followed one of the bloodiest days of Israel s campaign against Gaza militants, with more than 100 people killed in a series of strikes and shellfire across the narrow coastal territory.
In two separate incidents on Wednesday, 16 people were killed when shells hit a UN school used for sheltering displaced Gazans, and 17 people died in shelling of a crowded marketplace.
The conflict, which Israel launched from the air and sea on July 8 and then expanded into a ground offensive on July 17, has killed 1,364 Palestinians, most of them civilians.
