Tuesday, 6 January 2009Israeli forces have widened their attacks in the Gaza Strip to include Khan Younis in the south, BBC reports.
The fresh attack follows heavy fighting overnight near Gaza City in the north.
At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday and three Israeli soldiers were killed by fire from one of their own tanks in northern Gaza.
Palestinian medical officials say at least 110 people have died since the ground assault began while Israel says it has killed 130 Hamas fighters.
About 560 Palestinians have been killed since Israel moved to end rocket attacks from Gaza 11 days ago, Palestinian medical officials say. The UN says at least 25% of those are civilians.
At least three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday when an Israeli air strike hit a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip, UN officials said.
Other people were killed as Israeli shell-fire and air strikes hit the Gaza coast, Gaza City and Jebaliya refugee camp in the north of the territory.
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