38 Palestinians killed during the reporting period, including 11 children and six women.

The total number of victims now stands at 712, including 169 children, 46 women, six medical personnel and one Palestinian journalist.

As the Israeli Occupation Forces (OF) continue their indiscriminate attacks in the Gaza Strip for the thirteenth consecutive day, the number of Palestinian civilian deaths continues to rise amidst massive destruction of buildings and property.

Investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) indicate that more than 90% of the Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip in the last three days have been unarmed civilians, including a large number of children. Israel continues to show no mercy in its military campaign, intent on destroying entire areas populated by civilians. Witnesses on the ground have confirmed that OF are targeting civilians, including medical personnel. The entire Gaza Strip is now under OF bombardment, and OF are targeting schools run by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), as well as mosques and hospitals. During the last twenty four hours, three sisters were killed in Abed Rabbo in east Jabalia, and a father, his 3 sons and their cousin were all killed whilst driving in a car in Beit Lahia. 

PCHR are investigating, and documenting, Israeli war crimes being committed against the population of the Gaza Strip throughout this military operation. This is a summary of the crimes committed by OF in the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours.

Northern Gaza Strip

At 1.30 pm on January 7, an OF fired an artillery shell at a house in Al Amal neighborhood in Beit Lahia, killing Wajoud Rajab Abu Waadi (31). Her corpse was left unattended until the following morning. At 2 pm on January 7, OF opened fire at houses in Abed Rabbo, east Jabalia, killing three sisters: Suad Abed Rabbo (10) and her sisters Amal (3) and Samar (2).

Thirty minutes later, OF indiscriminately bombarded nearby the town centre of east Jabalia, killing two elderly people: Mohammed Abu Rukbah (87) and Musbah Ayub (60). At 6pm, an OF  plane bombed a civilian vehicle in Beit Lahia, killing five members of one family who were inside the car at the time. Later the same evening, Hassan Ahmad Hijazi (31) was pronounced dead on arrival at Al Shifa hospital, after being seriously injured during intense OF shelling of the northern Gaza Strip.

On the morning of January 8, an OF aircraft attacked a home belonging to Tariq Nimer Abu Amsha (20) in Beit Hanoun, killing him. On the morning of January 8, medical sources confirmed the deaths of a woman, Wafa Nabil Abu Jarad (23) and a child, Islam Jaber Abid Al�Daim (16). The child had been injured by OF bombardment whilst attending a condolence ceremony for other victims in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. At 9.40 am on January 8, an OF aircraft fired a missile at three members of the resistance who were nearby Al Qassam mosque in Beit Lahia, killing all three:

Khanyounis:

At 11:30 am on January 7, OF entered Al Qarara and fired artillery shells, killing three people: one elderly man, Atuwa Ouwad Abu Mudief (60) and two women. The bodies were all transferred to Al Nassar hospital in Khan Yunis. The two women remained unidentified. At 12:30 pm on January 7, OF warplanes bombed an open area in Al Fukhari. No causalities were reported. At 2:20 pm, OF bombed another open area in east Khuza'aa. No casualties were reported.

At 6:25 pm, OF aircrafts bombed the house of the Inshasi family in Al Madraseh St, in Al Amal district. The 3 storey house was slightly damaged, and the residents were evacuated. At 11:05pm, OF warplanes fired missiles, killing two resistance fighters: Salim Abu Mousa (24) and Hassan Ratib Sama'an (23) in the street connecting Al Amal and the refugee camp.

At 11:50 pm, OF aircrafts bombed the police station in Ma'an, east Khan Yunis. The building was heavily damaged. On January 8, UNRWA opened two schools in Al Qarara and Abssan as shelters for local families evacuated from the eastern Gaza Strip because of the OF shelling and ground incursions.

At 12:30 am on January 8, OF military vessels shelled areas west of Khan Yunis. No casualties were reported. At 1:15 am on January 8, OF warplanes bombed an open area in west Khan Yunis. No casualties were reported. At 2:00 am, OF aircrafts bombed the police station of Bani Saheela east of Khan Yunis, destroying the building and damaging nearby houses including Hamza mosque. No casualties were reported.

At 4 am, OF aircrafts fired missiles into the 2 storey house of Al Qassam Brigades leader Mohammad Al Sinwar, located in block G in Khan Yunis refugee camp. The house was destroyed, but no casualties were reported. At the same time, OF launched an incursion into the area of east Al Qarara, and then halted near the former OF settlement of Kisovim, approximately 600 metres from the border with Israel.

 Central Gaza Strip

On Wednesday January 7, at 5:30 pm, F16 warplanes fired missiles into uninhabited land near Al Nadi Al Ahlee in Al Nuseirat, damaging surrounding houses. Half an hour later, OF warplanes bombed a metal-workshop belonging to Ibrahim Al-Taweel in Al-Burej refugee camp, destroying the workshop and a number of neighbouring houses.

At 7pm on January 7, an OF aircraft fired a missile at the police station at Abu Meddin. This was the second time the police station had been bombed. At 8.10 pm, an OF aircraft bombed the house of Walid Fadel in al-Burej refugee camp, killing two civilians: Ahmed Hussein (21) and Mohammed Mohammed Eissa (28). The explosion also destroyed the house, and four other nearby houses, and damaged a nearby mosque.

At the same time, an OF aircraft bombed the house of Samir Al-Naddih (41) in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, destroying the house and damaging nearby homes. At 10 pm, another OF aircraft fired three missiles into a police station in Al-Maghazi, injuring three civilians, including one woman and destroying two nearby houses as well as the nearby town hall. The local mosque was also damaged.

At 2.30 am on January 8, OF aircraft fired five missiles into an area in western Sowarha, destroying two houses and injuring fifteen civilians, including five children and two women. Another 20 local houses were damaged. At 4am the same morning, an OF aircraft bombed a police station in Deir Al-Balah for the second time, damaging the eastern portion of the station, as well as neighbouring houses.

Gaza City

At 1.30 pm on January 7, medical personnel were finally able to unearth the bodies of two brothers from underneath rubble. The brothers, Redwan Ashour (12) and Abdul Rahman (11) had been killed earlier the same morning. At 4.10 pm, during an armed clash with OF in east Zaytoun, three resistance fighters were killed: Ahmed Mousa (20), Azmi Zaid (20) and Ahmed Libud (22).

At 7.30 pm, during another armed clash with OF, another resistance fighter, Majid Mushtaha (21) was killed. During the evening of January 7, OF opened fire indiscriminately in al-Zaytoun district, killing Hattem Ghazal (42) inside his house in Jaffa Street.

Also during the same evening, Medical sources in Al-Shifa hospital reported the deaths of four civilians, including two children, and one woman. At 9pm, OF aircraft bombed Al-Taqwa mosque in Sheikh Redwan district. Four hours later OF bombed the mosque for a second time, damaging it, as well as nearby houses.

At the same time, OF aircrafts bombed Al- Jawazat police station several times. At 11.50 pm, OF aircrafts bombed Al-Nour Al- Mohammedi mosque in Sheikh Redwan, completely destroying the mosque and damaging nearby houses. At 12.30 am on January 8, OF warplanes bombed the Security and Defence Station in Al- Muntadha in west Gaza city several times.

At 2 am on January 8, OF warplanes bombed the house of Mahmoud Al- Houwari (53) in Gaza city, killing a civilian, Omar Rejab (22) and destroying the house. Also on the morning of January 8, medical sources at Al Quds hospital reported the death of civilian Rawia Awad (30) as the result of an injury she had sustained during OF bombardment.

Rafah

At 4:30 pm on January 7, OF aircrafts dropped a container of leaflets across Shaboura district in Rafah, informing civilians they should leave the area before 8am on January 8. The container injured eight local people. Thousands of local people immediately left the area.

At 5.30 pm, the OF bombed the border area between the Gaza Strip and Egypt for three hours, injuring three people. At 9.30 pm, an F16 fired four rockets at a house belonging to Ahmed Mohsin Foujou in Janena neighborhood in northern Rafah. The 3 storey house was destroyed, and two women were injured. A nearby house was also destroyed, and several other houses damaged.

At 4.20 am on January 8, an OF plane bombed a house belonging to Ahmed Khalil Al-Mudalil, a leader of Islamic Jihad in Il-Ansar neighbourhood in southern Rafah. The house was destroyed. At 6:20 am on January 8, an OF plane bombed an amphitheatre in a playing field in Rafah municipality, destroying the amphitheatre and also offices belonging to the Youth and Sports Ministry.