Gaza death toll rises to 15: Palestinian Ministry of Health
Flame rises during an Israeli air strike, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza City August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Fifteen Palestinians have been killed as Israeli jets continued to pound the besieged Gaza Strip for a second day, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Saturday.
A wave of Israeli air strikes on the coastal enclave has left 15 people dead, including a 5-year-old girl, a 23-year-old woman and a commander of a Palestinian armed group, reports Al Jazeera.
One hundred and twenty five Palestinians have been injured, the ministry added in a statement.
The fighting, which began on Friday with Israel's assassination of a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is drawing the sides closer to an all-out war.
