Smoke rises from Gaza for a 15th straight day of bombing(Photo from The Daily Mail)
Israel Tells Gazans To Brace For War Escalation -- Yahoo News/AP
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli forces pounded rocket-launching sites and smuggling tunnels in Gaza Saturday and planes dropped leaflets warning of an escalation in attacks, as Palestinian militants fired at least 10 more rockets at Israel.
Egypt hosted talks aimed at ending the violence.
Flames and smoke rose over Gaza City amid the heavy fighting. The Israeli threat to launch a "new phase" in its two-week-old offensive that has already killed more than 800 Palestinians came in defiance of international calls for a cease-fire.
"The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) will escalate the operation in the Gaza Strip," the leaflets said in Arabic. "The IDF is not working against the people of Gaza but against Hamas and the terrorists only. Stay safe by following our orders."
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More News On The Israel Gaza War
Hamas chief says no chance of deal with Israel -- Yahoo News/AP
Israel, Hamas ignore truce calls -- Reuters
Israel warns of further escalation in third week of Gaza war -- Yahoo News/AFP
Israel drops leaflets over Gaza warning civilians of 'escalation' in violence -- Daily Mail
Israel takes war against Hamas to the city streets of Gaza -- The Telegraph
Senior Hamas operative killed whilst trying to attack troops -- Jerusalem Post
Gaza Strip Tunnels Prove Daunting for Israel -- Los Angeles Times
Gaza Fighting Continues Despite UN Call for Cease-Fire -- Voice of America
Israel Hits Targets, Draws Near Gaza City -- Associated Press
A Gaza War Full of Traps and Trickery -- New York Times
IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out -- YNET News
As Talks Falter, Israel Warns of More Extensive Attacks -- New York Times
Gaza death toll tops 850 -- Herald Sun
In pictures: Gaza crisis enters third week -- BBC
U.N., Diplomacy, Talks Of A Truce
Israel, Hamas Ignore UN Resolution Calling for Cease-Fire in 14-Day Conflict -- Wall Street Journal
UN Security Council Adopts Gaza Cease-fire Resolution -- Voice of America
Israel, Hamas Reject Efforts to Reach Truce -- Washington Post
Neither Israel nor Hamas Heeds UN Call for Cease-fire -- Los Angeles Times
Rice Defends US Abstention on Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution -- Voice of America
UN 'War Crimes' Warning to Israel -- The Times
Israeli Strike on Civilian House May be 'War Crime' -- Daily Telegraph
UN Aid Agency to Resume Full Services in Gaza 'Soon' -- Voice of America
Protests And Demonstrations
Protesters clash with police in anti-Israel rallies -- Reuters
Thousands in Lebanon, Europe demonstrate over Gaza -- AP
Worldwide Protests Against Gaza Operation -- Voice of America
Anger Over Gaza Grows in Arab Street -- New York Times
For Arab Clan, Days of Agony in a Cross-Fire -- New York Times
Abbas Says ‘Aggression’ Must Stop -- New York Times
Gaza Strikes Reverberate in Egypt -- Washington Post
General News
Hezbollah warns Israel against sparking conflict -- Reuters
Israelis Mourn Fallen Soldiers -- Los Angeles Times
Gaza: International Plan Hatched to Bring Back Fatah -- The Times
Commentary, Editorials, And Opinions
Sanity on Gaza -- Time Magazine
In Defence of Israel -- The Times editorial
Liberate Palestinians From Hamas -- The New Republic
At a Crossroads in Gaza -- Washington Post editorial
'Israel Is Not Going to Show Restraint' -- Washington Post opinion
Muslims Against Hamas -- Wall Street Journal opinion
Hamas Makes It the Foulest Fight -- Jerusalem Post
Israel Is Committing War Crimes -- Wall Street Journal
Why a Ceasefire Won't Work -- Alan Dershowitz, The Telegraph
Hamas' War Crimes -- Los Angeles Times opinion
Israel Is Committing War Crimes -- Wall Street Journal opinion