The number of Palestinians martyred since the Israeli offensive against Gaza strip started on Wednesday raised to six, after Israeli fire claimed lives of six people on Thursday.

The number of Palestinians martyred since the Israeli offensive against Gaza strip started on Wednesday raised to six, after Israeli fire claimed lives of six people on Thursday.

"We have received three bodies," said Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry in Gaza.
The spokesman said that the three were martyred by an Israeli tank shell just east of the town of Beit Hanun.

The incident occurred 11 hours after an Israeli air strike on a car in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza killed three civilians and seriously wounded a fourth person.

An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the attack, claiming the strike targeted "a group of terrorists who were preparing to fire rockets at Israel from the centre of the Gaza Strip."

In the same context, several Israeli vehicles entered the strip early on Thursday, as they moved deeply in the city of Khan Younis and fired against the Palestinians’ homes.