Smoke billows as an Israeli flare lights up the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel ignored growing international demands for a ceasefire and took its war against Hamas into Gaza's main city on Monday as dozens more bodies were taken to the enclave's hospitals. (AFP/Patrick Baz)From Yahoo News/AFP:
GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israel ignored growing international demands for a ceasefire and took its war against Hamas into Gaza's main city on Monday as dozens more bodies were taken to the enclave's hospitals.
As bitter combat raged in Gaza City, French President Nicolas Sarkozy led new calls for a halt to the conflict which medics say has left 555 Palestinians dead. But Israeli ministers vowed the offensive to end militant rocket fire will go on.
Explosions and heavy gunfire rocked the Shejaiya neighbourhood of eastern Gaza City as night fell, residents said. Flares lit up the skies over the blacked-out neighbourhood and assault helicopters buzzed overhead.
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