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Airstrikes kill 30 Palestinians
Airstrikes kill 30 Palestinians, Israel defiantly pressed on with its bombardment of Gaza for the fifth day on Saturday as the Jewish state vowed to keep up its military offensive to counter rocket attacks by Palestinian militants with the death toll reaching 135
- New raids hits 60 terror targets: Israel
- Hamas fires four rockets at Ashdod city
Jerusalem: Israel defiantly pressed on with its bombardment of Gaza for the fifth day on Saturday as the Jewish state vowed to keep up its military offensive to counter rocket attacks by Palestinian militants with the death toll reaching 135 .On Saturday, 30 Palestinians died in a wave of Israeli air strikes as Operation Protective Edge entered its fifth day, taking the overall death toll to 135, Palestinian health officials said. Israel says it hit more than "60 terror targets" in new raids and two rockets hit Beersheba in Israel.The Israeli military says it is targeting militants and militant facilities, including the homes of senior operatives. It says "dozens of terrorists" are among those killed. There is no sign of both sides agreeing on a ceasefire, despite intense diplomacy at the United Nations. In a strike on Beit Lahiya overnight, Israel hit a building used by a charitable association for people with disabilities, Palestinian official said. Two teenage female residents were killed, medics said. Three other people, including an Islamic Jihad activist, were killed when a house in Jabaliya refugee camp was hit, the Palestinian health ministry said.Hamas meanwhile said it fired four rockets at the Israeli city of Ashdod.
The Palestinian health ministry says in addition to those killed, 750 people - mainly civilians - have been injured in Israel's Operation Protective Edge since it began on Tuesday.The UN has calculated that 77 per cent of the people killed in Gaza so far have been civilians. Israel said that it has carried out 1,160 strikes since the start of its offensive, and says Hamas fired 689 rockets in the first four days.
UNSC calls for ceasefire
The UN Security Council has called for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as Palestinian deaths continue to mount. All 15 members approved a statement calling for de-escalation, the "restoration of calm" and a resumption of peace talks.
UK to discuss ceasefire today
London: British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he will discuss how to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza with US Secretary of State John Kerry and his German and French counterparts during talks in Vienna on Saturday.
Hague said in a statement today that the discussions on ending the hostilities between Israel and Gaza would take place on the sidelines of talks on Iran's nuclear programme in the Austrian capital.
