Israeli offensive continued on Saturday as their strikes on the Gaza Strip killing at least seven Palestinians, including three children, medics and eyewitnesses said.
Ashraf al-Qedra, the health ministry spokesman in Gaza, told reporters that four Palestinians were killed, including three kids, in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Nuseirat refugee cam in central Gaza Strip.
He added that three more Palestinians were killed and ten wounded in another Israeli war jets airstrike on a house in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.
"Death toll on Saturday all over the Gaza Strip reached 56 and more than 400 wounded, most of them were killed on Saturday from midnight until afternoon," said al-Qedra.
Witnesses in eastern, southeast and northern Gaza Strip said they saw dozens of Israeli army tanks, armored vehicles and troops withdrawing back to the borderline area between the coastal enclave and Israel.
The Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip has been going on for 25 days, leaving 1,664 Palestinians dead and 8,920 others wounded, Palestinian health authorities said on Saturday.
Ashraf al-Qedra, the health ministry spokesman in Gaza, told reporters that two-thirds of the dead and wounded were civilians, including women, children and the elderly.