According to medical sources who spoke to Al Jazeera, 22 individuals have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since this morning, 13 of them were in the northern part of the Strip.
Additionally, more than 600 Palestinians were arrested in northern Gaza and the Jabalia refugee camp, according to Israeli Army Radio.
In what the military claimed were operations to drive out Hamas militants who were regrouping, Israeli tanks advanced deeper into two towns in northern Gaza and a historic refugee camp on Monday, trapping some 100,000 residents, according to the Palestinian Emergency Service.
According to the health ministry of the Gaza Strip, Israeli bombings and bombardment killed at least 19 individuals on Monday, 13 of them were in the northern part of the broken coastal region.