Israel condemned as 20 youths killed in Gaza attack

ISRAEL faced international condemnation last night for killing 20 children and teenagers when its forces fired a missile and tank shells near a large crowd of Palestinians demonstrating against the invasion of a Gaza refugee camp.

After a meeting of senior commanders in Jerusalem, the Israeli military decided the major offensive in Gaza will continue.

More than 20 Palestinians were feared dead, all of them under 18 years of age, Palestinian hospital officials said.