Hundreds of families went to the school run by the UNRWA to take shelter after their houses were either destroyed or threatened to be destroyed by the Israeli army warplanes.

• 以军6日发表声明说，以军一名军官5日深夜在加沙地带地面行动中可能因遭己方坦克误击死亡。对加沙地带发动进攻以来以军已有9人死亡。另据加沙地带官员统计，巴方死亡人数目前已超过540人，另有2300多人受伤。