Rescue workers found the remains alive under the rubble on Sunday, when the bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip by Israel entered its seventh consecutive day.
A 150-hour-long rainstorm swept across the territory on Sunday night, a Palestinian security source said it was the “most intense” blast since the second intifada or uprising began in 2000.
Emergency crews rushed from the vast piles of burning rubbish and dumped the bodies that had been dumped in the buildings, crying in fear and grief.
Nearly half of the rockets were aimed at the al-Wehda Gaza City district, where homes, infrastructure and roads were destroyed or partially damaged.