Israeli warplanes pummelled Gaza with 50 air strikes
Smoke billows following an Israeli military strike on Gaza City (Photo: AP)
Gaza City: Israeli warplanes pummelled Gaza with 50 air strikes that killed five Palestinians on Saturday as militants slammed 23 rockets into Israel, defying international efforts to find a fresh ceasefire.
Tens of thousands of pro Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London and Cape Town, condemning Israel's one month military assault on 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza. Gaza emergency services said five men were killed in Israeli raids two travelling by motorcycle through Al-Maghazi refugee camp and three pulled from the rubble of Al-Qassam mosque in the middle of the enclave.
The Palestinian interior ministry said Israeli jets destroyed three mosques. At least two of them were considered close to Hamas. The 72-hour truce collapsed after mediators in Cairo failed to extend a ceasefire when it expired on Friday morning as Israel accused Hamas of breaching the quiet with pre dawn rocket attacks.
( Source : AFP )
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