Three more Palestinians were killed in shelling in central Gaza, raising the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 778, including more than 200 children, since the Israeli offensive began on December 27.
The AFP news agency on Friday said the United Nations had cited witness accounts saying Israeli forces had moved about 110 Palestinians into a house which they then shelled 24 hours later, killing about 30 people.
AFP quoted an unidentified UN official as saying "according to several testimonies, on January 4, Israeli foot soldiers evacuated approximately 110 Palestinians into a single-residence house in Zeitun, warning them to stay indoors.
"Twenty-four hours later, Israeli forces shelled the home repeatedly, killing approximately 30."
A series of explosions has rocked the Gaza Strip despite the UN Security Council passing a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" there.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Awad, reporting from the Israel-Gaza border, said air raids, tank shelling and gunfire had continued in the early hours of Friday, moments after the resolution had passed.
About half a dozen explosions were heard in Gaza as council members at the UN building in New York were extolling the virtues of the resolution that came after days of diplomatic wrangling.
And there was no sign that either Israel would stop its offensive in the Palestinian territory – now in its 14th day - or Hamas would stop its rocket attacks.
The Israeli military said air raids hit 50 targets in Gaza overnight.
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