The Zionist entity launched new air strikes on Gaza, killing more civilians in the day 16 of the brutal offensive on the besieged enclave.

The Zionist entity launched new air strikes on Gaza, killing more civilians in the day 16 of the brutal offensive on the besieged enclave.

Tuesday air strikes killed seven people, including five members of the same family, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.

Qudra said a strike on Deir el-Balah in central Gaza killed five family members, four of them women.

Another person was martyred in a strike in nearby Nusseirat, and one more died in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

The deaths hike the total Palestinian toll to 583 since the Israeli occupation military launched its assault on Gaza more than two weeks ago.

Most of the martyrs have been women and children, medics and human rights activists say.