More than 1,537 Palestinians have been martyred including hundreds of children and over 6,612 injured so far as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip for a seventh day facing a growing humanitarian catastrophe.

Palestinian Health Authority says, explosions from air strikes echo every few minutes in Gaza.

In a press statement today, the military wing of Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades said at least 13 hostages captured by Hamas were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in the past 24 hours.

In Gaza, over two hundred thousand people have taken shelter in ninety two United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees schools. Nearly half a million people have lost access to food rations.

On the otherside, Palestinian fighters in Gaza have continued to fire rockets at Israeli settlements.

At least 1,300 Israelis have been killed and nearly 3,200 injured in Hamas rocket attacks since Saturday.