Palestinians held funeral prayers outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after officials said six people, including a teenager, were killed in two Israeli strikes the night before. The mother and grandmother of a 15-year-old boy who was killed peeled back the white funeral shroud and kissed his cheeks as they sobbed.

Israeli army forces demolishes several residential buildings in southern and northern parts of Gaza City, according to witnesses - Anadolu Ajansı

Israeli forces have martyred more than 200 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past three days. According to news agencies, the martyred include majority of women and children.

The new year brought more death for civilians in Gaza as Israel Defense Forces airstrikes resulted in 17 killed on Wednesday, according to Palestinian accounts.

Israel killed at least 71 more Palestinians in a series of attacks across Gaza in the last 24 hours. Israeli forces carried out “horrific crimes”, carrying out 34 airstrikes across the besieged territory, Al Jazeera quoted local officials as saying. It was one of the bloodiest days of Israel’s war on Gaza in recent weeks.

Residents and medics said at least 14 people were in the house of one family when the strike destroyed the building.

Israel pounded the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 23 people according to rescuers, nearly 15 months into the war with Hamas Palestinian militants.Far from Gaza, Israel and Lebanese group Hezbollah have traded accusations of violating a ceasefire that ended their war,