Another 16 Palestinians killed

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has reached 501 after 16 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the latest round of Gaza violence is up to 469. (AAP)

Gaza medics say the bodies of 16 Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the south of the Gaza Strip have pushed the Palestinian death toll to 501.

Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said they were killed in a strike on Sunday in southern Khan Yunis during the bloodiest day in Gaza in years.