Gaza mourns 10 members of same family killed in Israeli raids as death toll rises to 139

Palestinians in the al-Shati refugee camp in the besieged Gaza Strip held a funeral of the eight children and two women from Abu Hatab family who were killed in an air strike targeting their residential building in the early hours of Saturday. 

The air strike hit the overcrowded refugee camp in western Gaza without early warning, health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qedra said, adding that the death toll is expected to rise with several people still under the rubble and many seriously wounded. 

At least 139 people have been killed in Israeli bombardments on Gaza since Monday, including at least 39 children and 22 women, and at least 1,000 others wounded, Qedra said on Saturday. 

He told Al Jazeera Arabic that 31 percent of the wounded are in critical condition. More than 300 of the wounded are children, and at least 180 are women, he added. 

"The number of women and children victims shows that the occupation deliberately targets civilians and overcrowded residential areas," Qedra said.