ISRAEL has bombed dozens of fresh targets in Gaza and warned it is prepared to send in troops, but the country said it would prefer a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire from the enclave.
ISRAEL has bombed dozens of fresh targets in Gaza and warned it is prepared to send in troops, but the country said it would prefer a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire from the enclave.
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Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM
Mediator Egypt said a deal for a truce to end the fighting could be close, but the leader of Hamas said it was up to Israel to end the new conflict it had started. Israel says its strikes are to halt Palestinian missile attacks.
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