89 families killed in Gaza since hostilities began, Palestinians say

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Health officials say 16 people were killed on Sunday alone, bringing the death toll over the past seven weeks to 2,120.

By Jack Khoury | Aug. 24, 2014 | 10:31 PM

Officials in Gaza reported on Sunday that that during the seven weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip, 89 entire families were killed by Israeli bombardments.

According to Gaza Health and Interior Ministry officials, the 89th family was added to the list on Sunday, when the Juda family – a woman and her four children -- of Tel Azatar in the northern part of the Strip, was killed by in an air strike. Local reports say the house was struck without warning and the five were killed immediately.

Reports were also emerging from Gaza claiming that five people, including three children and their mother, were killed in IDF strike in the Tel A-Zatar neighborhood north of Gaza City. An Aircraft reportedly struck the Judeh family home without prior warning.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 16 people were killed Sunday in the Gaza Strip, and another 52 were wounded, bringing the death toll to 2,120 people. Of these, 577 were children, 260 were women, and 101 were elderly people. The number of wounded has reached 10,850, of whom 3,300 are children, more than 2,000 are women and some 400 are elderly.

remainder: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.612255

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1. 577 were children, 260 were women, and 101 were elderly people.

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