People mourn by relatives bodies, found under rubble or on the street, ahead of their burial in western Gaza City s Al-Sinaa neighbouhood on July 12, 2024. AFP
A ministry statement gave an updated "toll of the horrific occupation (Israeli) massacre" at the Al-Mawasi camp, up from at least 20 it initially said were killed.
It came as the Israeli military pursued attacks in central Gaza with artillery fire and drone strikes heard by an AFP correspondent, while Palestinian medics said one bombing killed a father and his three daughters.
Palestine Red Crescent medics said the strike on a home in Deir al-Balah city killed Rital al-Raey, five, Mai, eight, Leila, nine and their 40-year-old father Mohammed al-Raey.
Their bodies were taken to the city's Al-Aqsa hospital, the medical workers said.
AFPTV images showed ambulances arriving at the hospital with wounded. One man carried the lifeless body of a child, whom he placed on the floor beside others.
An AFP correspondent in the Palestinian territory reported artillery shelling in southeast Gaza City and the al-Rimal district in the city centre.
The correspondent reported drone strikes at Tal al-Hawa in the southwest of Gaza's main city.
The Gaza's Civil Defence agency said Friday that Israeli forces had withdrawn from Tal al-Hawa and other districts, after a days-long assault. It said at least 60 bodies had been found in Tal al-Hawa and a neighbouring area after the withdrawal.
On Thursday, the agency said 60 bodies had been found in nearby Shujaiya after Israel ended its two-week assault in the area.
On Saturday the Israeli army said operations were continuing in Gaza City as well as in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Israel's relentless bombardment and ground invasion has killed at least 38,345 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's health ministry.
An analysis published by The Lancet medical journal, says the actual Palestinian death toll in Gaza could exceed 186,000 people.
The nine-month assault has also wounded more than 88,295 Palestinians, while an Israeli siege has pushed more than half a million to the brink of starvation.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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