The death toll in the conflict reached 59, with 15 children among those who have lost their lives.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that all but one of the children were killed in Gaza, where the total death toll soared to 53 while another 320 have been wounded as a result of airstrikes, according to the latest update from Palestinian health officials.

With little hope of an imminent ceasefire, Israel’s emergency service said on Wednesday that one person had died and another had been seriously wounded by an anti-tank missile fired from Gaza, meaning six Israelis, including three women and a child, have been killed in fire from the blockaded strip.

The Israeli military said in total over 1,000 rockets had been fired by Palestinian militants on Israel including nearly a hundred which rained down on the Tel Aviv area on Tuesday night, over 70 km away from Gaza, lighting up the sky.