200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including at least 59 children
By AFP
Adel Zaanoun with Daphne Rousseau in Jerusalem
Gaza City - Gaza residents cowered indoors Monday as Israeli jets pounded the enclave and the violence that has killed more than 200 people, most of them Palestinians, entered a second week.
Before dawn, within just a few minutes, dozens of Israeli strikes bombarded the crowded Palestinian coastal strip controlled by Islamist group Hamas.
Flames lit up the sky as intense explosions shook Gaza City, sparking widespread power cuts and damaging hundreds of buildings, local authorities said.
Some 3 200 rockets have been fired by Palestinian militants toward Israel since the conflict escalated on May 10 in the heaviest exchange of fire in years, sparked by unrest in Jerusalem.