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Israeli ground operation, airstrikes continue, 514 killed

He expected that the death toll would grow higher and higher in the coming days if the Israeli army continues airstrikes and tanks shelling on houses, mosques, markets, cars and densely populated areas.

Israeli soldiers drive armored cars in Gaza strip, Jan. 4, 2009. Israeli on Sunday army clamed 30 injureds since the ground operation on Jan. 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
Israeli soldiers drive armored cars in Gaza strip, Jan. 4,
2009. Israeli on Sunday army clamed 30 injureds since the
ground operation on Jan. 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

Hassanein warned of a severe humanitarian crisis at hospitals and in the Gaza Strip in general if the Israeli air and ground operations continue on the Gaza Strip, amid a tight blockade imposed on the enclave.

In a fresh Israeli airstrike, Hassanein said that two Palestinians were killed after Israeli warplanes struck a mosque in Zeitoon neighborhood in southern Gaza City.

Witnesses said that a mosque and money exchange store in Gaza City were struck by missiles on Sunday night, and two were killed at the mosque, but no injuries reported in the attack on the money exchange store.

Hassanein said that four Palestinian paramedics were killed and more than ten people were injured in two separate airstrikes that targeted paramedics who were trying to rescue casualties in southern Gaza City.

He also said that earlier during the day, five Palestinians were killed in an airstrike on Mosab Ben Omier mosque in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip.

Hassanein added that another crime was carried out earlier during the day, where a mother and her four children were killed when Israeli warplanes hit their house in Tufah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

He added that among the five dead, there is a one-year-old baby boy and a 2-year-old baby girl.

In southern Gaza Strip, medics at Rafah Hospital said that five civilians belong to the same family were killed in an airstrike on their house in Rafah town, adding that among them two adults and three children.

In northern Gaza Strip, medics said that four children were killed in the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza Strip, in addition to six other adults, in a series of intensive Israeli airstrikes early on Sunday morning.

Also on Sunday, an Israeli missile hit Firas market in Gaza city downtown, killing five Palestinians and wounded 40. The strike targeted a Hamas activist. He was killed and his colleague was injured.

Meanwhile, Hamas armed wing al-Qassam Brigades said in separate statements that its militants launched more than 20 rockets at southern Israeli towns and cities, mainly Ashdod, Ashkelon and Sderot.

The group also said that its militants confronted "the invading Zionist forces and caused severe damages and fatalities among the soldiers." It claimed that dozens of soldiers were killed and wounded.

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