87 Palestinians, 3 Israelis killed in ongoing conflict

Gaza At least 10 people were killed on the sixth day of Israeli ait strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian hospital sources said on Monday. According to reports, among them is a five-year child. 87 Palestinians, 3 Israelis killed in ongoing conflict During last night, sraeli warplanes leveled two houses belonging to one family and killed two children and two adults, while 42 were injured, confirmed an official from Gaza. The Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip yesterday killed 31 Palestinians. Rescuers were looking for another 12 to 15 people who were suspected to be under the rubble, the AP added. Soon after, Israeli aircraft bombed what remained of the former headquarters of the Palestinian National Security in Gaza when shrapnel killed another child was wounded several other persons. The growing number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip "could increase pressure on Israel to end the attacks", the AP is reporting, and noting that an Israeli offensive against the Palestinian territories four years ago led to a fierce international condemnation. Meanwhile,Israel has announced that it had adapted the routes of commercial aircraft using the main international airport in Tel Aviv as the Palestinians fired rockets at the coastal cities of Israel. More photos Israel launched its military operation last Wednesday when a commander of the radical Hamas movement was killed in a so-called targeted assassination, which was followed by rocket attacks against Israel. Since the beginning of the conflict 90 people died - 87 Palestinians and three Israelis. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate ceasefire and announced late yesterday that he would travel to Cairo to talk discuss this, at a time when international pressure is mounting to end the conflict. The Arab League, which on Sunday had extraordinary meeting in the Egyptian capital, will send a delegation to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in a show of solidarity. Sunday was otherwise the bloodiest day in the operation. Only one attack on the house of a Hamas official killed 11 members of his family, mostly women and children. A total of nine children were killed in the Gaza Strip on the day that the Israeli military operation expanded with a risky move, deciding on more "targeted killings" - in effect hitting the homes of Hamas members located in the densely populated territory. Ban said he was deeply saddened by the death of the Dalou family and other Palestinians, expressing also his concern over the continued rocket fire from Gaza against Israeli towns. Hamas' military wing had previously threatened that the massacre of the family "will not go unpunished". A Palestinian man kisses the hand of a dead relative in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City (Beta/AP) Beta Tanjug

87 Palestinians, 3 Israelis killed in ongoing conflict

During last night, sraeli warplanes leveled two houses belonging to one family and killed two children and two adults, while 42 were injured, confirmed an official from Gaza.

The Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip yesterday killed 31 Palestinians.

Rescuers were looking for another 12 to 15 people who were suspected to be under the rubble, the AP added. Soon after, Israeli aircraft bombed what remained of the former headquarters of the Palestinian National Security in Gaza when shrapnel killed another child was wounded several other persons.

The growing number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip "could increase pressure on Israel to end the attacks", the AP is reporting, and noting that an Israeli offensive against the Palestinian territories four years ago led to a fierce international condemnation.

Meanwhile,Israel has announced that it had adapted the routes of commercial aircraft using the main international airport in Tel Aviv as the Palestinians fired rockets at the coastal cities of Israel.

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Israel launched its military operation last Wednesday when a commander of the radical Hamas movement was killed in a so-called targeted assassination, which was followed by rocket attacks against Israel.

Since the beginning of the conflict 90 people died - 87 Palestinians and three Israelis.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate ceasefire and announced late yesterday that he would travel to Cairo to talk discuss this, at a time when international pressure is mounting to end the conflict.

The Arab League, which on Sunday had extraordinary meeting in the Egyptian capital, will send a delegation to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in a show of solidarity.

Sunday was otherwise the bloodiest day in the operation. Only one attack on the house of a Hamas official killed 11 members of his family, mostly women and children.

A total of nine children were killed in the Gaza Strip on the day that the Israeli military operation expanded with a risky move, deciding on more "targeted killings" - in effect hitting the homes of Hamas members located in the densely populated territory.

Ban said he was deeply saddened by the death of the Dalou family and other Palestinians, expressing also his concern over the continued rocket fire from Gaza against Israeli towns.

Hamas' military wing had previously threatened that the massacre of the family "will not go unpunished".