

A man carries a Palestinian girl, who hospital officials said was wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house, into a hospital in Gaza City. (Ahmed Zakot/Reuters)

Renewed hostilities between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip have seen hundreds of rockets flying into Israeli territory and about 450 Israeli strikes on targets in Gaza, a thin coastal enclave that is one of the more densely packed places on Earth. Israel insists that it's cracking down on the threat posed by the Islamist group Hamas and that it is taking pains to avoid civilian casualties.

But civilians are dying. According to Gaza's Health Ministry, which is administered by the territory's Hamas-dominated government, Israeli airstrikes in the past few days have killed at least 83 people, including 21 children age 16 and younger, according to Beirut-based newspaper al-Akhbar. The death toll and the list of the names of the deceased were provided to al-Akhbar and are republished below. The names of the children whose ages have been identified are marked in bold. A Thursday morning strike on a compound in Khan Younis refugee camp killed eight members of the al-Hajj family, including five children, according to reports.

1. Mohammed Sha’aban, 24, was killed in a bombing of his car in Gaza City.

2. Ahmad Sha’aban, 30, died in the same bombing.

3. Khadir al-Bashiliki, 45, died in the same bombing.

4. Rashad Yaseen, 27, was killed in a bombing of the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

5. Riad Mohammed Kawareh, 50, was killed in a bombing of his family’s home in Khan Younis.

6. Seraj Ayad Abed al-A’al, 8, was wounded in the same bombing and succumbed to his injuries Tuesday evening.

7. Mohammed Ayman Ashour, 15, died in the same bombing.

8. Bakr Mohammed Joudah, 22, died in the same bombing.

9. Ammar Mohammed Joudah, 26, died in the same bombing.

10. Hussein Yousef Kawareh, 13, died in the same bombing.

11. Mohammed Ibrahim Kawareh, 50, died in the same bombing.

12. Bassim Salim Kawareh, 10, died in the same bombing.

13. Mousa Habib, 16, from Gaza City’s al-Shujaiyah neighborhood, was killed along with his 22-year old cousin while the pair were riding a motorcycle.

14. Mohammed Habib, 22, was killed with Mousa Habib.

15. Sakr Aysh al-Ajouri, 22, was killed in an attack on Jabalya, in northern Gaza.

16. Ahmad Na’el Mehdi, 16, from Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, was killed in a bombing that wounded two of his friends.

17. Hafiz Mohammed Hamad, 30, an Islamic Jihad commander, was killed in a bombing of his home in Beit Hanoun, along with five of his family members.

18. Ibrahim Mohammed Hamad, 26, died in the same bombing.

19. Mehdi Mohammed Hamad, 46, died in the same bombing.

20. Fawzia Khalil Hamad, 62, died in the same bombing.

21. Dunia Mehdi Hamad, 16, died in the same bombing.

22. Suha Hamad, 25, died in the same bombing.

23. Suleiman Salman Abu Soaween, 22

24. Abdelhadi Jamaat al-Sufi, 24, was killed in a bombing near the Rafah crossing.

25. Naifeh Farjallah, 80, was killed in an airstrike on the town of Moghraqa, southwest of Gaza City.

26. Abdelnasser Abu Kweek, 60, was killed in the bombing of Gaza’s central governorate.

27. Khaled Abu Kweek, 31, Abdelnasser Abu Kweek’s son, was killed in the same bombing.

28. Amir Areef, 13, died in a bombing in Sha’af.

29. Mohammed Malkiyeh, 1½ years old, died in a bombing.

30. Amniyeh Malkiyeh, 27, Mohammed Malkiyeh’s mother, died in the same bombing.

31. Hatem Abu Salem, 28, died in the same bombing.

32. Mohammed Khaled al-Nimri, 22

33. Sahar Hamdan, 40, died in the bombing of her home in Beit Hanoun.

34. Ibrahim Masri, 14, Sahar Hamdan’s son, was killed in the same bombing.

35. Unknown

36. Sumoud al-Nawasra, a mother, was killed in a bombing along with her two children.

37. Mohammed Khalaf al-Nawasra, 4, arrived at the hospital “in shreds.”

38. Nidal Khalaf al-Nawasra, a child of unreported age, died along with Mohammed and Sumoud.

39. Salah Awwad al-Nawasra, was killed in the same bombing. His body was found under the rubble of the house.

40. Amal Youssef Abdel Ghafour

41. Ranim Jawde Abdel Ghafour, a young girl

42. Rashid al-Kafarneh, 30, was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was bombed.

43. Ibrahim Daoud al-Balawi, 24

44. Abdelrahman Jamal al-Zamli, 22

45. Ibrahim Ahmad Abideen, 42

46. Mustafa Abu Mar, 20

47. Khalid Abu Mar, 23

48. Mazen Farj al-Jarbah, 30

49. Marwan Slim, 27

50. Hani Saleh Hamad, 57, was killed in a bombing in Beit Hanoun along with his son Ibrahim.

51. Ibrahim Hamad, 20, was killed in the same bombing.

52. Salima Hassan Musallim al-Arja, 60, was killed in a bombing in Rafah that wounded five others.

53. Maryam Atieh Muhammad al-Arja, 11, was killed in the same bombing.

54. Hamad Shahab, 27

55. Ibrahim Khalil Qanun, 24, was killed in a bombing of Khan Younis.

56. Muhammad Khalil Qanun, 26, was killed in the same attack.

57. Hamdi Badieh Sawali, 33, was killed in the same attack.

58. Ahmad Sawali, 28, was killed in the same attack.

59. Suleiman al-Astal, 55

60. Muhammad al-Aqqad, 24

61. Ra'ed Shalat, 37, was killed in a bombing that wounded 6 others.

62. Asma Mahmoud al-Hajj was killed in a bombing in Khan Younis that killed eight members of the same family and wounded 16 other people.

63. Basmah Abdelfattah al-Hajj, 57, was wounded in the bombing and succumbed to her injuries shortly afterwards.

64. Mahmoud Lutfi al-Hajj, 58, died in the same bombing.

65. Tarek Sa'ad al-Hajj died in the same bombing.

66. Sa'ad Mahmoud al-Hajj died in the same bombing.

67. Najla Mahmoud al-Hajj died in the same bombing.

68. Fatima al-Hajj died in the same bombing.

69. Omar al-Hajj died in the same bombing.

70. Ahmad Salim al-Astal was killed in the bombing of a beach house in Khan Younis that critically wounded more than 15 people.

71. Mousa Mohammed was killed in the same bombing. The two bodies were recovered four hours after the bombing.

72. Ra'ed al-Zawareh, 33, succumbed to his wounds and died. The location of his death was unreported.

73. Baha' Abu al-Leil, 35, was killed in a bombing.

74. Salim Qandil, 27, was killed in the same bombing.

75. Omar al-Fyumi, 30, was killed in the same bombing.

76. Abdullah Ramadan Abu Ghazzal, 5, was killed in a bombing in Beit Lahiya.

77. Ismail Hassan Abu Jamah, 19, was killed in a bombing of Khan Younis that injured two children, one critically.

78. Yasmin Mohammed al-Mutawwaq, 4 was killed in a bombing.

79. Mahmoud Wulud was killed in a bombing of a civilian vehicle in northern Gaza. His remains were taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya.

80. Hazem Balousha was killed in the same bombing. His remains are at Kamal Adwan Hospital.

81. Alaa Abdelnabi was killed in the same bombing. His remains are at Kamal Adwan Hospital.

82. Ahmad Zaher Hamdan, 22, died of injuries sustained in northern Gaza.

83. Mohammed Kamal al-Kahlout