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| Israel is tightening security ahead of demonstrations called by Palestinian militant group Hamas in protest at Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip. | Israel is tightening security ahead of demonstrations called by Palestinian militant group Hamas in protest at Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip. |
| Hamas leaders have urged Palestinians to observe a "day of wrath", after seven days of violence in Gaza. | Hamas leaders have urged Palestinians to observe a "day of wrath", after seven days of violence in Gaza. |
| Early on Friday, Israel bombed more targets in Gaza, including a mosque, a day after a senior Hamas leader was killed in an air strike. | Early on Friday, Israel bombed more targets in Gaza, including a mosque, a day after a senior Hamas leader was killed in an air strike. |
| Palestinian militants have also fired more rockets into Israel, Israel says. | Palestinian militants have also fired more rockets into Israel, Israel says. |
| Both sides have ignored international calls for a ceasefire. | Both sides have ignored international calls for a ceasefire. |
| Israel says its air campaign, provoked by Palestinian rocket attacks, has been going according to plan. | Israel says its air campaign, provoked by Palestinian rocket attacks, has been going according to plan. |
| It has struck sites linked to Hamas, which controls Gaza, including smuggling tunnels under the border to Egypt, government buildings and security compounds. | It has struck sites linked to Hamas, which controls Gaza, including smuggling tunnels under the border to Egypt, government buildings and security compounds. |
| Four Israelis have been killed by Palestinian rockets fired into Israel since the campaign began on Saturday. | Four Israelis have been killed by Palestinian rockets fired into Israel since the campaign began on Saturday. |
| Medical sources in Gaza say more than 400 people have now been killed there. The UN says at least 100 of them are civilians. | |
| Restricted movement | Restricted movement |
| In response to Hamas' call for protests, Israeli police have been stationed throughout East Jerusalem. | In response to Hamas' call for protests, Israeli police have been stationed throughout East Jerusalem. |
| Movement for Palestinians in the West Bank has been severely restricted. | Movement for Palestinians in the West Bank has been severely restricted. |
| Israel says it has completed preparations for a possible ground offensive, and large numbers of troops and tanks are massed on the Gaza border. | Israel says it has completed preparations for a possible ground offensive, and large numbers of troops and tanks are massed on the Gaza border. |
| Map: Gaza and Israel violenceAid worker diary: Part fiveObituary: Nizar Rayyan | Map: Gaza and Israel violenceAid worker diary: Part fiveObituary: Nizar Rayyan |
| Many Palestinian families have moved away from the border area, and on Friday the Israeli army began allowing foreigners living in Gaza to leave. | Many Palestinian families have moved away from the border area, and on Friday the Israeli army began allowing foreigners living in Gaza to leave. |
| Israel is refusing entry to Gaza for international journalists and has declared the area around it a "closed military zone". | Israel is refusing entry to Gaza for international journalists and has declared the area around it a "closed military zone". |
| The main UN agency operating in Gaza, Unwra, resumed food deliveries to Gaza on Thursday, but warned of a dire humanitarian situation in the territory. | The main UN agency operating in Gaza, Unwra, resumed food deliveries to Gaza on Thursday, but warned of a dire humanitarian situation in the territory. |
| Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Thursday there was no need for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds as more lorries containing aid were entering Gaza. | Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Thursday there was no need for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds as more lorries containing aid were entering Gaza. |
| Speaking in Paris after talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, she said Hamas had used the previous six-month truce, which ended in mid-December, to re-arm. | Speaking in Paris after talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, she said Hamas had used the previous six-month truce, which ended in mid-December, to re-arm. |
| Hamas has said Israel must stop bombarding Gaza and lift its blockade of the territory before it will consider a ceasefire. | Hamas has said Israel must stop bombarding Gaza and lift its blockade of the territory before it will consider a ceasefire. |
| A draft UN resolution put forward by Egypt and Libya failed after the US and UK complained that it made no mention of Hamas rocket attacks against Israel. | A draft UN resolution put forward by Egypt and Libya failed after the US and UK complained that it made no mention of Hamas rocket attacks against Israel. |
| For the current violence to end, Israel needs to show that it has stopped the rocket fire, says the BBC's Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen. | For the current violence to end, Israel needs to show that it has stopped the rocket fire, says the BBC's Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen. |
| But if Hamas can still resist, its leaders will feel they can claim victory. | But if Hamas can still resist, its leaders will feel they can claim victory. |
| Hamas believes that its fighters who are launching rockets into Israel are taking part in legitimate resistance against an occupier, he adds. | Hamas believes that its fighters who are launching rockets into Israel are taking part in legitimate resistance against an occupier, he adds. |