According to Al Mezan’s careful monitoring, the IOF has killed at least 876 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since the start of its Operation Cast Lead on 27 December 2008. This number includes at least 186 children and 61 women. This number is restricted to those whom Al Mezan has verified and double-checked. Read more about Of Gaza's 876 killed, 186 were children and 61 women 

Today after midnight, IOF expanded its ground invasion in the south of Gaza City. Troops and tanks penetrated the southern Gaza-City neighborhood of Tel al-Hawa and stayed there for hours before withdrawing to the suburbs of al-Zahra town, south to Gaza City. The IOF had dropped thousands of leaflets ordering the residents of Tel al-Hawa to evacuate their homes. Read more about Thousands of Gaza houses destroyed and damaged by Israeli strikes 

Israeli forces continued to systematically target civilians and civilian objects. Air raids and artillery attacks particularly targeted homes. Several families were killed under the rubble of their homes across the Gaza Strip. Read more about Civilians deliberately targeted: 194 of Gaza's 830 killed are children 

Israeli operations in Gaza have killed 771 people, most of whom civilian noncombatants. Al Mezan Center has so far verified the killing of 189 children and 58 women; however, it believes the number is higher. The bodies of civilians continue to be found under the rubble of their bombarded houses. Read more about Gaza death toll at 771, including 189 children and 58 women 

Israeli forces carried out four attacks during a three-hour ceasefire yesterday, including an attack on a car in Jabaliya refugee camp, and shelling with heavy machine guns of a group of women carrying food to their homes in Ezbet Abed-Rabu eastern Jabaliya, injuring three of them. Read more about Red Cross prevented from accessing injured, starving survivors in Gaza 

Al Mezan Center, which has maintained its monitoring activities throughout the current crisis, has collected evidence that the Israeli forces deliberately targeted civilian structures and medical teams. In its attacks, the Israeli military used missiles and shells that are laser-guided, which indicates that civilian targets were hit intentionally, and not collaterally as Israel alleges. Read more about Israel's Gaza offensive death toll rises to 668 

On the 10th day of its aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has seriously escalated its military operations, targeting mostly civilian targets, particularly homes. Air strikes and artillery shells hit tens of homes. IOF also targeted medical facilities and ambulances. A Civil Defense team was hit as it tried to fight a fire following the bombardment of a clinic. Read more about Eighty-nine children and 30 women amongst Gaza's confirmed dead 

Fifty-two people have been killed by the IOF throughout the Gaza Strip since yesterday evening (seven children and three women). Another 182 have been injured (26 children and 10 women). IOF has continued to show disregard to the rules of international law relevant to armed conflict, inflicting severe harm to civilian life and property. Read more about Fifty-two Gazans killed as Israeli forces invade 

Israeli attacks on Gaza have continued for an eighth day. The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) targeted more civilian objects. This includes bombardment of more houses and the Civil Defense building in Bani Suhaila town and the American School in northern Gaza. Air raids have also targeted open areas within the neighborhood, but particularly along the eastern and northern borders and the border between Gaza and Egypt. IOF’s naval vessels escalated their bombardment of Gaza’s beaches. Read more about Israeli forces bomb schools and mosque