[LISTEN] Gaza | What happens when anaesthetic runs out? ‘Nothing. People die’

At least 26 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli latest raids, raising the toll to 139, while fighters from Gaza fired rockets that killed two Israelis, bringing the death toll in Israel to five since Wednesday.

Israeli airstrikes continued hitting targets in Gaza City early into Wednesday, despite a pre-announced ceasefire.

Palestinian emergency services said that two brothers in the southern town of Rafah were killed in a strike that hit their motorcycle on Tuesday night. Four others were killed in raids around the central town of Deir al-Balah, they added.

Israel also confirmed a strike on a building housing the offices of media organisations, the third such strike in three days. It said that it carried out a "surgical" strike on "a Hamas intelligence operations centre" in these building.

A Palestinian boy holding his brother, after their parents were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. Photo by Bareeq B. Barqawi (@BareeqBarqawi).

In Gaza, Oxfam media officer Karl Schembri said attacks from apache helicopters and naval warships anchored just outside the Gaza strip had hit several civilian structures, amongst them a mall in Gaza that was built during the blockade, and even underground fuel pipes in in the border-town of Rafah, trigging a potential fuel crisis.

An Israeli airstrike destroyed one Oxfam-supported kindergarten and left another damaged in Karama, northwest Gaza.

According to reports from the ground, due to fear of airstrikes in the Karama area, more than 80 per cent of people living there have fled their homes in search of safety, leaving streets deserted.

Oxfam said it was concerned about the impact of the current violence on children who we know are already suffering high levels of trauma such as bed-wetting.

"Children should be able to feel safe going to school and their families should be able to feel safe in their homes. We're witnessing over the past days an increase of destruction and damage to civilian infrastructure, including much that has been provided through donor aid. We are trying to provide children a place where they can learn and grow and play, and it is essential that all parties abide by their obligations under International Law to keep people and places like schools and homes safe," she said. At least 11 Israeli soldiers and 6 civilians were injured on Tuesday.

A rocket also landed near Jerusalem, without causing any injuries. It crashed into an olive grove near Jabba village, in an attack claimed by the armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the second such attempt to hit Jerusalem in five days.

According to UN OCHA, 1,400 Palestinians were killed during the 2008-2009 military operation,' including 353 children, and 5,300 were injured. 13 Israelis were also killed during 'Cast Lead', 3 of whom were civilians.

The direct cost of damage to civilian infrastructure in Gaza during the 2008-2009 military operation has been estimated between US$659.3 million and US$891.8 million.