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Israel pounds Gaza with "significant" strikes with soldiers battling Hamas forces in the besieged territory, ignoring ceasefire calls by UN aid agencies who condemned surging civilian deaths in the month-long conflict. IMAGES
Israel pummels northern Gaza with fresh air strikes, near the border with the Israeli southern city of Sderot. Israel pressed with preparations for a ground offensive in Gaza, after giving Palestinians a little more time to flee northern areas it has vowed to target in response to the deadliest attack in its history. IMAGES
Syria will grant the United Nations permission to use a key crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in rebel-held northwest Syria for a period of six months, Bassam Sabbagh, Syrian ambassador to the UN, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Multiple Israeli air strikes hit sites in Gaza City belonging to Palestinian factions in response to the firing of missiles from Gaza towards Israeli territory. IMAGES
Israel launches air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday after vowing to retaliate over a barrage of cross-border rockets fired from Lebanon, which it blamed on Palestinian groups. IMAGES
The Israeli army launched air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Thursday after rockets were fired from the territory into Israel about two hours earlier. Shortly after 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT), black smoke rose over one of the targeted locations north of Gaza City. In a statement sent to the press a few minutes later, the Israeli army said that it was "carrying out strikes in the Gaza Strip". IMAGES