At least 12 killed in Israeli incursion

Israeli forces with tanks and helicopters moved deep into Gaza City early today, killing 12 Palestinians and wounding 51 others in exchanges of fire, a large-scale assault just three days before Israel’s election.

It was the highest toll in a single day in Gaza in five months, and the incursion was the deepest into Gaza City in more than two years of fighting. Tanks were seen a half a mile from Palestine Square, which marks the centre of the city of about 300,000.