Responding to rocket-attacks, Israeli security forces have launched what is expected to be a week-long operation involving air-strikes and helicopter attacks on "terrorist infrastructure" in the Gaza strip.
At least 205 people are dead in Gaza, making it the single bloodiest day in the 60-year history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Globe and Mail
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Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 205 people in the bloodiest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict with the Palestinians. Militants in the Gaza Strip, who have launched dozens of rocket attacks against Israel since a truce expired just over a week ago, fired more salvoes that killed one Israeli man and wounded several others.
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CNN
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A statement from the IDF said Israeli aircraft were attacking "a series of Hamas targets and infrastructure facilities," including headquarters, training camps and weaponry storage warehouses.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Hamas of having triggered the new bout of violence.
"The United States strongly condemns the repeated rocket and mortar attacks against Israel and holds Hamas responsible for breaking the ceasefire and for the renewal of violence in Gaza," she said.
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