Two Palestinians, including a four year -old child were killed by Israeli armed forces fire in the Gaza Strip. They are the first deaths announced today, according to Palestinian emergency services.
The child was killed when a shell hit his house in a Gaza city district which has been severely damaged by the fighting, despite the undeclared ceasefire in the region.
Sporadic clashes have been taking place in the area since this morning, in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave, between Israeli soldiers and militants of the armed wing of Hamas.
In the same area, one Palestinian was killed when his home was struck by shells from an artillery barrage.
The two deaths have increased the total number of dead Palestinians to 1,037, in 20 days.
On the Israeli side, 43 soldiers and three civilians have been killed.
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