Nearly 190 Palestinians martyred in vampire regime’s no-stop 8 day attacks

Israel continues its offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip for the seventh consecutive day, killing nearly 190 people.

At least five people, including a four-year-old child, were killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes on Rafah and Khan Yunis on Monday.

The latest incidents bring the death toll from the Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian territory to 187. The number of fatalities has exceeded the figure for the 2012 conflict.

Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others were injured in Israel’s eight-day offensive on the coastal enclave, which ended on November 21, 2012.

According to the United Nations, nearly 80 percent of the casualties in Gaza have been civilians.

At a press conference in Gaza City, senior officials from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday that at least 17,000 people from northern Gaza have sought refuge in UN shelters over the past 24 hours.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Tel Aviv regime will not stop its attacks on the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned that it is prepared to hit back at Israeli forces, should the Tel Aviv regime launch a ground attack against Gaza.

Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standards of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.