IP - Gaza health ministry announced that at least 198 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air attacks launched after a Hamas offensive against Israel that killed at least 40, more than 1600 Palestinians have also been wounded so far. 200 civilian Palestinian killed, 1600 wounded in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

Iran Press/ West Asia: The death toll of the brutal Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 198, with 1,610 others injured, since early today morning, according to an update by the Ministry of Health, WAFA reported.

Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike this evening on a residential building in the Al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza City, completely destroying the building, according to reports from the ground. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the Israeli strike.

The correspondent said that Israeli warplanes fired multiple missiles at a five-story residential building located near the Al-Quds Open University in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, resulting in the complete destruction of the building.

Hamas: Our target is freedom

Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri told Al Jazeera that " We are ready for ‘worst case scenario". "All scenarios are now possible and we are ready for an Israeli land invasion," he added.

“This is not a hit-and-run operation; we started an all-out battle. We expect fighting to continue and the fighting front to expand. We have one prime target: our freedom and the freedom of our holy sites,” he said.

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