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In Pictures: Assault on Gaza continues

Israeli air strikes continue as the Palestinian death toll has reached more than 100, and several hundred more injured.

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Israel has continued its bombardment of Gaza but has failed to stop Palestinian rocket fire, as the US offered to help negotiate a truce.
By Wissam Nassar
Published On 11 Jul 2014

Gaza City – The barrage of Israeli air strikes has continued over the Gaza Strip as efforts to end the upsurge of violence have so far proven unsuccessful.

Palestinians across the besieged territory have struggled to find a safe place, as the United Nations estimates that at least 342 housing units have been destroyed, and at least 2,000 Palestinians displaced, in the bombardment.

Scores of Palestinian women and children have been injured in the bombings. Local hospitals are struggling to attend to the wounded, while most people are blocked from leaving Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

On Friday morning, Avichay Adraee, spokesman for the Israeli military to Arab media, said that Israel had hit 1,100 targets since launching its campaign earlier this week.
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Palestinian officials said that more than 100 Palestinians were killed, most of them civilians.
As Israel continues to pound Gaza with air strikes, there is concern about the capacity of the territory(***)s hospitals to attend to the more than 700 injured.
After nearly a month of closure, Egypt opened Gaza(***)s main gate to the outside world - the Rafah border crossing - but travel was restricted to medical patients and people seriously wounded by Israeli air strikes.
Gaza(***)s Interior Ministry announced that Palestinians holding Egyptian passports would also be eligible to leave through Rafah.
Israel estimates more than 500 rockets have been fired from Gaza since Monday.
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Palestinians try to salvage what they can of their belongings from the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli airstrike.
In a statement, the Israeli army said it had hit a number of houses that were being used for military purposes.
The Israeli offensive began after a build up of violence following the killing of three young Israeli settlers last month and the murder of a Palestinian teenager in a suspected revenge attack.
The bombings and exchange of rocket fire between Palestinian fighters and the Israeli military has drawn strong reactions from leaders across the globe.
Ban Ki Moon, the UN secretary general, condemned the rocket attacks and urged Israel to show restraint.