Death Toll in Gaza Strip Rises to 227

At least 227 people, including 64 minors, have been killed and 1,620 more wounded in Israeli strikes pounding the Gaza Strip since May 10, the coastal enclave’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday, TASS reports. 

"As many as 227 people have been killed, including 64 underage children, 38 women, and 17 senior citizens, while another 1,620 have received wounds varying in severity in Israel’s bombardments," the Al-Quds online daily reported quoting the ministry as saying.

Palestinian guerrilla organizations in the Gaza Strip have been exchanging strikes with the Israeli army since May 10. The escalation was precipitated by conflicts at the Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem in early May after an Israeli court ruled that Arab families in the Sheikh Jarrah area should be evicted. In response to Palestinian guerrillas firing over 3,500 rockets into Israel, the Israeli army struck hundreds of targets in the enclave.

Additionally, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police are ongoing in the West Bank. As a result, at least 27 people, including four children, are reported to have been killed and about 6,200 more Arabs injured.

At least 12 Israelis have been killed so far in the strikes conducted on Israeli cities from the Gaza Strip.