At least 30 of them were killed in Gaza City, where the Israeli military (IDF) a few weeks ago launched its expanded offensive in the form of more air strikes and larger ground forces.
The IDF states on its part that it has "struck over 140 targets across the Gaza Strip, including terrorists, tunnel systems and military infrastructure".
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in his UN speech on Friday that the military will "finish the job" in Gaza "as soon as possible".
However, analysts have pointed out that the heavily criticized offensive in Gaza City may drag on - Yaakov Amidror, former national security adviser to Netanyahu, said earlier in the week to the British newspaper the Guardian that he expects it to take up to nine months to complete.
Since the war began with the terrorist-stamped Hamas terror attack on October 7, 65,549 Palestinians have been killed, according to the health authority in Gaza, figures that the UN considers credible.
