Ashraf al-Qudra, emergency services spokesman for the Gaza Strip, said two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike in eastern Gaza city. He said the body of another Palestinian was found buried under a demolished home east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
Qudra said 72 of the Palestinians had been killed on July 20 in Shejaiya, between Gaza City and the Israeli border.
Qudra said 80 percent of the Shejaiya fatalities were "old men, women and children." He said another 400 Palestinians were wounded there.
Qudra's toll included deaths over the past 15 days.
Since the Israeli military started Operation Protective Edge on July 8 in a bid to stamp out rocket fire, Palestinian militants have fired 1,414 mortars and rockets that hit Israel, with the Iron Dome air defense system intercepting another 377, the army said.
By Ruchi Singh
reporter
Park Sae-jin
swatchsjp@ajunews.com
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