Palestinians carry bodies of seven people
killed in a strike during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee camp in
the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
With rockets raining deep inside Israel, the
military pummeled Palestinian targets Wednesday across the Gaza Strip
and threatened a broad ground offensive, while the first diplomatic
efforts to end two days of heavy fighting got underway.
Egypt, which has mediated before between Israel and the Hamas
militant group, said it spoke to all sides about ending the violence.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in touch with Israel to try to
lower tensions. And the United Nations chief warned of a "deteriorating
situation ... which could quickly get beyond anyone's control."
As the Palestinian death toll rose to at least 75, neither side
showed any sign of halting their heaviest fighting since an eight-day
battle in late 2012. More pics after cut....
Israeli missiles hit smuggling tunnels
between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip,
Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Palestinians search the wreckage of
vehicle reportedly belonging to a taxi driver working for a local media
company following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Wednesday, July 9,
2014.
Palestinians staged an anti-war,
pro-Palestinian,anti-Israel demonstration in New York, Wednesday, July
9, 2014. Several hundred demonstrators marched from the Israeli
consulate to News Corp headquarters in New York.
Smoke trails are seen after missiles
were fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza City towards southern
Israel, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Israeli soldiers patrol along the
beach front near the Israel and Gaza border on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
An Israeli looks at damage to his home
in a kibbutz near border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 9,
2014.
Palestinian relatives mourn over the
body of one of the five members of the Hamad family who were killed in
an Israeli missile strike late Tuesday in the family house during their
funeral in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9,
2014.
Palestinian family members sit on the
rubble of their destroyed house following an Israeli missile strike late
Tuesday, in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday,
July 9, 2014. A number of airstrikes aimed at wanted militants have also
killed family members and bystanders. Many residents have huddled
indoors or moved from hard-hit areas to relatives in areas that are
believed to be safer.
A Palestinian man injured by an
Israeli strike receives treatment at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City
A man rides his bicycle at the
Mediterranean Sea beach front, which is normally crowded at this time of
year, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The increasing
range of the rockets from Gaza has disrupted life across a wide swath of
southern and central Israel, where people have been forced to remain
close to home and kindergartens and summer camps have been forced to
close.
An Israeli missile hits an area in
Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Smoke and debris rise after an Israeli
strike on the Gaza Strip seen from the Israeli side of the Israel Gaza
Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Palestinians check a destroyed house a
day after an Israeli strike late Tuesday, in the town of Beit Hanoun,
northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Palestinians walk through rubble of a
building belonging to a senior Hamas official that was damaged in an
Israeli missile strike in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza
Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Israeli soldiers celebrate after an
Iron Dome air defense system intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza
Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
A rocket fired by Palestinian
militants from inside the Gaza Strip makes its way towards Israel, seen
from the Israel-Gaza border on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
A Palestinian relative of the five
members of the Hamad family who were killed in an Israeli missile strike
late Tuesday grieves in the family house during their funeral in town
of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Israeli soldiers patrol along the
beach front near the Israel-Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Palestinians walk through the rubble
of a house after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in the Nuseirat
Refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
An Israeli soldier sleeps on an
armored personnel carrier in a gathering area near the Israel-Gaza
border on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
A Palestinian man injured by an
Israeli strike receives treatment at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City,
Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Israeli war ships patrol in the
Mediterranean Sea near the Israel-Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Palestinian medics comfort a girl at
the Shifa hospital who was injured by an Israeli strike in Gaza City,
Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Palestinians carry bodies of seven
people killed in a strike during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee
camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Smoke and a ball of fire rise after a
strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Palestinian relatives mourn over the
body of one of the five members of the Hamad family who were killed in
an Israeli missile strike late Tuesday, in the family house during their
funeral in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9,
2014.
Palestinian children walk in the
rubble of a destroyed house a day after an Israeli strike, in the town
of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Palestinians carry bodies of seven
people killed in a strike during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee
camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Israelis play with a ball at the
Mediterranean Sea beach front, which is normally crowded at this time of
year, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Source- Associated Press
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