Two more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Striptaking the death toll from the offensive to 221, the Palestinian HealthMinistry said Wednesday.

The fatalities include 63 children and 36 women.

Two more Palestinians were injured taking the total number of casualties to1,507.

In the attacks, a building in Rafah, where a charity foundation waslocated, was targeted with missiles.

Israeli forces also targeted infrastructure and Palestinian land in the airstrikes and attacked Khan Yunus from the sea.

A house was damaged in attacks carried out by Israeli forces in Beit Hanun.

Israeli warplanes bombed an empty field in the Al-Shati refugee camp in thewestern Gaza and a position of resistance groups in northern district ofCibaliya.

Recent tensions that started in East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy monthof Ramadan spread to Gaza as a result of Israeli assaults on worshippers inthe flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967Arab-Israeli war. It annexed the entire city in 1980 in a move neverrecognized by the international community.