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Defence Minister: Israel 'cannot accept' ceasefire with Hamas
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-28 10:17

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to reporters in Riyadh December 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 230 people in the bloodiest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict with the Palestinians. Militants in the Gaza Strip, who have launched dozens of rocket attacks against Israel since a truce expired just over a week ago, fired more salvoes that killed one Israeli man and wounded several others. [Agencies]