GAZA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes struck by air-to-ground rockets early on Monday several buildings into the Islamic University of Gaza, witnesses and security sources said.

    The residents in Remal neighborhood in western Gaza City said they heard four huge explosions that wrecked the whole area, and white and gray pillars of smoke were seen coming out of the building.

    Several buildings, which surround the Islamic University were badly damaged, said the residents, adding that another college run by the Islamic University in southern Gaza City was hit too.

    Israeli drones and F16 warplanes still hover over Gaza City. The buzz of the drones and war fighters was strongly heard shortly before the four airstrikes were carried out.

    The residents said that several buildings at the female campus into the Islamic University compound that include chemical labs were completely destroyed. No injuries were reported.

    Shortly before midnight, two Palestinian civilians, including a child were killed and four wounded in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, medics and witnesses said.

    On Sunday night and on Monday predawn, the Israeli air forces intensified its airstrikes on dozens of targets belong to Hamas movement, including security installations, metal workshops and institutions.

    Medics in Gaza said that more than 300 Palestinians were killed and over 1000 wounded during unprecedented intensive Israeli airstrikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip since Saturday morning.

Israeli army ready for ground invasion

    GAZA BORDER, Israel, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Roye, 36, was at his home in Jerusalem with his wife and two children to enjoy a family dinner for Jewish holiday Hanukkah and Shabbat. Suddenly, his phone screeched and didn't stop ringing as he was drafted as a reservist.

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is calling 6,500 reservists to duty as part of the military offensive on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, which started on Saturday, according to local daily Ha'aretz on its website. Full story

Smoke rises after an Israel air strike in Gaza December 28, 2008. Israel launched air strikes on Gaza for a second successive day on Sunday, piling pressure on Hamas after 285 people were killed in one of the bloodiest 24 hours for Palestinians in 60 years of conflict with the Jewish state.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Israeli jets carry out another round of airstrikes on Gaza

    GAZA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Israeli F16 warplanes resumed on Sunday night another round of airstrikes on security and police installations belonging to Hamas movement as well as other targets, including cars and buildings. Full story

Israeli assault on Gaza Strip draws widespread condemnation

    BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Saturday morning launched a massive air raid which it said was targeted at Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 225 and wounding 700,a move that has drawn condemnation from many countries and world bodies.  Full story

Security Council urges immediate Israel-Palestine ceasefire

    UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council concluded an emergency meeting Sunday morning on the most recent Israel-Palestine conflict with a call for "an immediate halt to violence." Full story

200 killed, 750 wounded in Israeli strikes against Gaza

Bodies of Palestinian Hamas policemen are scattered on the ground following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Dec. 27, 2008. (Xinhua/Stringer) Photo Gallery>>>

    GAZA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Two hundred Palestinians were killed and 750 others wounded on Saturday in a series of rapid and intensive Israeli air strikes in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.

    "The number of martyrs reached 200 and the wounded people are 750, including a number of civilian women and children," said Mu' awia Hassanien, chief of emergency and ambulance services in the Palestinian health ministry. Full story

Palestinian president calls on Israel to halt Gaza strikes

    GAZA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday condemned Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip which killed more than 140 Palestinians and wounded 200.

    "President Abbas strongly condemns this harsh aggression that Israel is waging now against the Gaza Strip," said Nabil Abu Rdineh, spokesman for the Palestinian presidency. Full story

Haneya vows Hamas never yield to Israel

    GAZA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Hamas movement would never yield to Israel, vowed former Palestinian prime minister of Hamas Ismail Haneya on Saturday.

    Haneya voiced the stance in a letter to the Palestinian people, which was carried by a pro-Hamas website, after Israel launched air strikes earlier in the day that killed more than 200 Gazans. Full story

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