At least 41 Palestinians were killed in the Ghaza Strip in Israeli shelling from air, land, and sea on Friday bringing the death toll to 853.

The Israeli army also said on Friday that one of its soldiers had been killed in Gaza earlier in the day, bringing the total number of soldiers dead in the fighting to at least 33.

However, Palestinian militant groups have announced that they have killed several more soldiers, claiming that the Israeli army has not admitted the deaths of a handful of its troops.

On the other hand Palestinians bodies in the Ghaza Strip show signs of decay, indicating that the people were likely killed during Israeli forces’ massive shelling and bombing of Shujaiyya last Sunday.

In an initial count, 66 Palestinians were killed during what has been dubbed the “Shujaiyya massacre” on July 20, but several more bodies have been found since then.

Ghaza fighters continue to launch attacks

Meanwhile, a day after EU and US airlines resumed their flights, Hamas said it fired three rockets on Israeli airport, Ben Gurion.

“At 11:45 am, the Qassam Brigades bombarded Ben Gurion airport with three M75 rockets,” a statement from Hamas’s armed wing said.

Additionally, the al-Qassam Brigades said they targeted Ashdod with five grad missiles, Tel Aviv with 5 rockets and an M75 missile, and Ashkelon with five grad missiles.

EU and US authorities had ordered all commercial flights suspended after a rocket struck near runways on Tuesday, briefly shutting Israeli air links to the outside world in what Hamas claimed as a “victory” in a deadly conflict now in its 18th day.

AFP contributed to this report.