Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the health ministry in Gaza said that two local workers were killed and three wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a trash cleaning vehicle in the refugee camp of al- Bureij.
Earlier on Friday morning, seven Palestinians were killed and more than 15 injured in the Israeli airstrikes on houses in central and southern Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the health ministry in Gaza said in an emailed press statement that the death toll now stands at 100, while a total of 680 were wounded since the Israel began airstrike campaign against targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Early on Friday, Hamas armed wing al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility of launching more long-range rockets into northern, central and southern Israeli cities and towns.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul Friday called on Israel to stop the ongoing air strikes on Gaza Strip. Israel and Palestine should get back to the terms of ceasefire made in 2012, Gul said in a written statement, noting that parties must make efforts in order to resume peace negotiations which will render "indispensable rights" of Palestinian people.
The president also stressed the need for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, urging the Israeli government to abstain from any land assault into Gaza.
But growing tension between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza militants predominated the efforts to reach a ceasefire to end an intensive Israeli large-scale aerial offensive on the Gaza Strip.
In a new round of air raid early Friday, Palestinian medical sources reported that four people were killed and 15 others were critically injured when an Israeli warplane hit their home while asleep in the southern city of Rafah.
The Israeli army announced Thursday night that its war jets struck within the past 24 hours 320 targets all over the Gaza Strip, including 220 rockets launchers, 58 locations believed to be tunnels for storing weapons and 46 locations of militants groups.
According to Israel Radio, the Israeli army threatened to intensify its air strikes on the Gaza Strip within the coming days to exhaust the militants and Hamas movement before launching a large-scale ground operation into the enclave.
The radio quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas movement is currently not considered. Hamas officials warned that Hamas is also not interested in a ceasefire with Israel right now.
Mushir al-Masri, a senior Gaza Hamas leader said in a press statement that there is no calm with Israel in this stage, adding that Israel seeks an elusive victory by killing children and destroying houses.
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