Gaza City, July 16 (RHC)-- Thirty percent of the Palestinians killed by the Israeli offensive against the blockaded Gaza Strip are women and children, according to a report. On Tuesday, the figure was announced according to a DPA count based on a list of names provided by Gaza's Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra.

Nearly 200 people have been killed and more than 1,400 others injured by the new wave of Israeli aggression so far. The death toll has already exceeded that of the 2012 offensive against the coastal enclave.

Israeli warplanes have been pounding targets in Gaza in Tel Aviv's new round of offensive that began on July 8th. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, has been launching retaliatory attacks against Israel.