An official report issued by the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday that 115 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of Israel's Days of Penitence in northern Gaza on Sept. 29.

The report said that among the dead, 65 were civilians, most of them children under the age of 16.

It said that at least 450 Palestinians were injured in the large-scale military aggression, including 20 in critical conditions.

The Israeli incursion into the towns of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahya and Jabalya in northern Gaza has entered the 14th day and was still continuing.

(Xinhua News Agency October 13, 2004)