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| Egypt PM Hisham Qandil arrives for Gaza mission | Egypt PM Hisham Qandil arrives for Gaza mission |
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| Egypt's prime minister has arrived in Gaza to show support to Palestinians, after Israel struck at more than 130 targets overnight, while militants fired 11 rockets from Gaza. | |
| Hisham Qandil will be in the territory for three hours, and reports say he may try to broker a ceasefire. | Hisham Qandil will be in the territory for three hours, and reports say he may try to broker a ceasefire. |
| Israel says it will suspend fire during the visit if militants stop attacks. | Israel says it will suspend fire during the visit if militants stop attacks. |
| At least 18 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed since Israel began its offensive on Wednesday. | |
| Militants and civilians, including at least five children, are among the Palestinian dead, Palestinian officials say. Two Israeli women and man died when a rocket fired from Gaza hit a building in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi on Thursday, Israeli officials said. | |
| Israel killed a Palestinian military leader on Wednesday, sparking intense violence and rumours of an invasion. | Israel killed a Palestinian military leader on Wednesday, sparking intense violence and rumours of an invasion. |
| The call-up of some 30,000 reservists has been authorised by the Israeli government, and reports on Friday said an initial draft had begun. | |
| The BBC's Jon Donnison in Gaza says there is not yet any sign of a ground offensive. | |
| Explosions continued in Gaza throughout the night, with huge blasts rocking Gaza City as dawn broke on Friday. | |
| In recent days, militants say they have fired more than 350 rockets from Gaza. | |
| Israel said 130 rockets had been intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defence system. | |
| In Tel Aviv on Thursday, residents took cover after air-raid sirens alerted them to a missile threat for the first time since the Gulf War in 1991. | |
| One missile landed in an uninhabited area while another is thought to have landed in the sea. |