The UN has announced that 70 percent of the verified fatalities in Gaza from Israel's war on the enclave are women and children.
The report, released on Friday, comes as Israeli aircraft conducted dawn raids across the strip, killing over a dozen Palestinians.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that eight people were killed in strikes in the central Gaza Strip, with a further four killed in a strike on Beit Lahia.
Two other people were killed in a strike on Khan Younis, while the Israeli navy killed at least one person and wounded three others in attacks on the coast of Rafah. Israel's war on Gaza has killed 43,469 people, injuring a further 102,561 since 7 October 2023.
Israel is also continuing its bombardment of Lebanon, striking the country's south and east as Hezbollah fires rockets into northern Israel.
On Thursday Lebanon's health ministry announced that 52 people had been killed and 161 wounded in Israeli strikes over 24 hours.