Israel
had carried out 190 air strikes and fired 3,500 artillery shells
on the Gaza Strip within the last 44 days, according to a
Palestinian official report published on Saturday.
The report, issued by Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) department of Statistical Quality Control,
detailed all Israeli army attacks on the Gaza Strip over the
last 44 days.
"Israel carried out 768 different kinds of
attacks on the Gaza Strip during the period between June 28 and
August 10," said the PLO report.
Israel launched an air and ground offensive
on the Gaza Strip on June 28, three days after one Israeli
soldier were abducted by Palestinian militant groups during a
cross-border attack.
According to medics in Gaza hospitals, 200
Palestinians, including 40 children, were killed and 600 others
were injured during the Israeli offensives dubbed "Summer
Rains".
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat
warned of political and human disasters as a result of the
ongoing military air and ground operations against the Gaza
Strip.
Israel said that the operations were aimed
to free the captive soldier Gilad Shalit and halt Palestinian
militant groups' rocket attacks against Israel.