GAZA CITY: At least 78 Palestinians including women and children have been killed and more than 500 others injured since Israel began its latest military offensive in the Gaza strip on Tuesday.
The Israeli airstrikes continued to target the besieged Gaza strip for the third consecutive day on Thursday and killed at least 22 more Palestinians.
The deadly attacks were carried out in the city of Khan Yunis and the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza strip in order to defend its illegal settlement project.
“It’s genocide. The killing of entire families is genocide by Israel against our Palestinian people,” Abbas.
Meanwhile, an emergency meeting of UN Security Council will be held today (Thursday) to discuss the situation.
On the other hand, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made phone calls to Israeli and Palestinian leaders and urged them to return to November 2012 ceasefire agreement.
