Israel strikes interior ministry HQ in Gaza

Israeli warplanes struck the headquarters of the Palestinian Interior Ministry in the Gaza City in the early hours of Wednesday, with no causalities reported.

"Israeli war jets fired several missiles at the Interior Ministry building in western Gaza," one eyewitness said.

Witnesses said the bombing had caused major damages in the building. Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra said no causalities were reported.

At least 205 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in unrelenting Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip since July 7. Fatalities include at least 39 children and 24 women, according to Palestinian health officials.

Around 1530 people have also been injured, many seriously, in the Israeli aerial attacks, which Israel say aim to stop rocket firing from Gaza. Gaza-based resistance factions, for their part, have continued to fire rockets into Israel - some of which have reached Tel Aviv - in response to the airstrikes. One Israeli has been killed as a result of rocket firing from Gaza.

The ongoing military operation - dubbed "Operation Protective Edge" - is Israel's third wide-scale offensive against the blockaded Gaza Strip - home to some 1.8 million Palestinians - within the last six years.