Gaza bloodbath continues as UN ceasefire demand rejected

Israeli jets and ground troops continued to hammer Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rockets at southern Israeli cities, defying a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.

Gaza residents said warplanes attacked a disused Hamas security compound in the southern town of Khan Younis early today, a market in Beit Lahiya, near the strip’s northern border with Israel and several buildings in and around Gaza City.