Sharjah 24 – KUNA: At least 139 persons, including 39 children, have been killed since the start of the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Ministry of Health said Saturday.

Up to 1,000 others have been wounded by the Israeli attacks on the Strip, the ministry's spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra added in a statement.

Last night, the occupation forces launched a series of airstrikes on several areas in the Strip that destroyed a number of housing towers, facilities and properties.