GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- 34 Palestinians were killed by Israeli shelling and airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, bringing the Palestinian death toll on the 17th day of the offensive to 729, with more than 4,000 injured.
The attacks come a day after Israeli forces said that three soldiers were killed and 28 injured in fighting on Wednesday, bringing total military casualties to 32 in what has been the deadliest assault for Israel since attacking Lebanon in 2006.
At least four were detained and dozens injured by Israeli forces in the West Bank, meanwhile, as clashes erupted across the region in solidarity with the Gaza Strip after a youth was killed in a similar protest near Bethlehem the day before.
The continued Israeli violence comes as John Kerry shuttles between Jerusalem and Cairo in order to push for a ceasefire, which Hamas has said can only come after Israel lifts its crippling eight-year siege of the Gaza Strip.
Hamas has also insisted that resistance groups in Gaza will maintain their armed capabilities in the case of any ceasefire, after EU leaders called on them to disarm. more
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