Twenty-six Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured, the majority of them children, since dawn on Monday as a result of ongoing Israeli shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medical sources reported, according to the Palestinian News Agency "Wafa," that eight Palestinians were killed as a result of the Israeli shelling of a house in Khan Yunis, and two civilians were killed in the shelling of the Shafi'i refugee camp west of the city.