The Guardian has revealed that about 15 out of every 16 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army in Gaza City since last March were civilians, in a new indication of the scale of the humanitarian disaster facing the Strip. This will increase international pressure on Israel as it expands its ground operations in Gaza City. Civilians account for 80% of Palestinian civilians killed in GazaThe report also noted a significant increase in the rate of building destruction. The investigation showed that the number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad members killed by mid-May did not exceed 8,900 fighters. This compared to more than 52,000 martyrs counted by the Ministry of Health in Gaza for the same period.