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In pictures: Gaza air strikes

Israeli missile attack in the central Gaza Strip 26 May 2007

The Israeli military intensified its bombardment of Hamas positions across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, 26 May.

Destroyed compound used by Hamas's Executive Force after an Israeli air strike in Gaza city, 26 May 2007.

The main target was the Executive Force, a Hamas-led security force whose building in Gaza City was destroyed.

A Palestinian man carries a wounded boy after an Israeli air strike on Hamas's Executive Force building in the central Gaza strip., 26 May 2007

Dozens were wounded in the latest attacks, which also killed at least four militants.

A father mourns his son who was killed in an Israeli air strike on a Hamas Executive Force building in Gaza, 26 May 2007.

The deaths bring to about 40 the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the campaign.

Palestinians carry a wounded man following an Israeli air strike on a Hamas Executive Force building, 26-5-07.

Israel says its aim is to stop rocket attacks on its soil. The rockets have so far killed one Israeli civilian and wounded 16.

Scene of a Palestinian rocket attack on Sderot, 25 May 2007.

But Hamas says it will not stop firing rockets until the Israelis first stop their military operations.






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