Photo gallery: Israel, Gaza fighting rages on as Egypt seeks truce
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Israeli soldiers watch as an Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket near the southern city of Ashdod on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Palestinian girls run away after an Israeli air strike on a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Ajab Al Shorafa, a cameraman for Press TV network, arrives at the emergency room in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike on the building housing the offices of the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV station on Sunday, Nov 18, 2012. Israeli aircraft fired missiles at two media centers in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Israeli military said, as the country warned it was widening its range of targets to go after military commanders of the territory’s Hamas rulers. -- PHOTO: AP
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Palestinians inspect a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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An Israeli rescue worker looks at the roof of a building damaged by a rocket in the coastal city of Ashkelon on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. Militant rocket fire into Israel subsided during the night but resumed in the morning with three rockets fired at the nearby Ashkelon, the Israeli army said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A wounded Palestinian boy reacts as he receives treatment in a hospital after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Israelis take cover in a bomb shelter as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets near the scene where a rocket fell earlier in the coastal city of Ashkelon on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. Militant rocket fire into Israel subsided during the night but resumed in the morning with three rockets fired at the nearby Ashkelon, the Israeli army said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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An Israeli police officer gestures in front of a burning car after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza landed in the southern city of Ashkelon on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion while also spelling out its conditions for a truce. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Israeli rescue workers look at the roof of a building damaged by a rocket in the coastal city of Ashkelon on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. Militant rocket fire into Israel subsided during the night but resumed in the morning with three rockets fired at the nearby Ashkelon, the Israeli army said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A Palestinian carries his belongings from a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A wounded Palestinian man tries to get out from the rubble of his house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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An Israeli soldier stands next to an armoured personnel carrier (APC) at an area near the border of the Gaza Strip during the early morning of Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Members of the Palestinian Civil Defense carry a survivor after he was pulled out from the rubble of his destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Members of the Palestinian Civil Defense gather as they search for victims under the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A Palestinian boy stands next to a destroyed car after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. -- PHOTO: AP
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A Palestinian man sits in the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. -- PHOTO: AP
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A Palestinian man picks up belongings from the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. -- PHOTO: AP
Israeli soldiers watch as an Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket near the southern city of Ashdod on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Palestinian girls run away after an Israeli air strike on a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Ajab Al Shorafa, a cameraman for Press TV network, arrives at the emergency room in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike on the building housing the offices of the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV station on Sunday, Nov 18, 2012. Israeli aircraft fired missiles at two media centers in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Israeli military said, as the country warned it was widening its range of targets to go after military commanders of the territory’s Hamas rulers. -- PHOTO: AP
Palestinians inspect a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An Israeli rescue worker looks at the roof of a building damaged by a rocket in the coastal city of Ashkelon on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. Militant rocket fire into Israel subsided during the night but resumed in the morning with three rockets fired at the nearby Ashkelon, the Israeli army said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A wounded Palestinian boy reacts as he receives treatment in a hospital after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Israelis take cover in a bomb shelter as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets near the scene where a rocket fell earlier in the coastal city of Ashkelon on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. Militant rocket fire into Israel subsided during the night but resumed in the morning with three rockets fired at the nearby Ashkelon, the Israeli army said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An Israeli police officer gestures in front of a burning car after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza landed in the southern city of Ashkelon on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion while also spelling out its conditions for a truce. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Israeli rescue workers look at the roof of a building damaged by a rocket in the coastal city of Ashkelon on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. Militant rocket fire into Israel subsided during the night but resumed in the morning with three rockets fired at the nearby Ashkelon, the Israeli army said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Palestinian carries his belongings from a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A wounded Palestinian man tries to get out from the rubble of his house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An Israeli soldier stands next to an armoured personnel carrier (APC) at an area near the border of the Gaza Strip during the early morning of Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of the Palestinian Civil Defense carry a survivor after he was pulled out from the rubble of his destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of the Palestinian Civil Defense gather as they search for victims under the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Nov 18, 2012. Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some indications" of a truce ahead. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Palestinian boy stands next to a destroyed car after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. -- PHOTO: AP
A Palestinian man sits in the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. -- PHOTO: AP
A Palestinian man picks up belongings from the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Nov 18, 2012. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets. -- PHOTO: AP
GAZA/JERUSALEM (REUTERS) - Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from air and sea for a fifth straight day on Sunday, preparing for a possible ground invasion while also spelling out its conditions for a truce.
Palestinian fire into Israel subsided during the night but resumed in the morning, with two rockets targeting Tel Aviv.
Both were shot down by Israel's Iron Dome air shield.
"As of now we have struck more than 1,000 targets, so Hamas should do the math over whether it is worth or not to cease fire," said Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon.
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