As Israeli bombardment on the beleaguered Gaza strip continued, Palestinians lamented that young people were “bombed to pieces”, according to AFP.

“We came here and found all these houses destroyed, and children, women and young people all bombed to pieces,” said Ahmed Abu Zarqa after a deadly strike in Khan Younis.

“This is no way to live. Enough, we’re tired, enough! “We don’t know what to do with our lives any more. We’d rather die than live this kind of life.”

AFP images showed residents digging through rubble in search of bodies, which were carried away on stretchers under blankets.

At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, rescuers rushed a screaming wounded child out of an ambulance.