northern Jabalya, and had fired back. In another incident on Wednesday, 17 people were killed in nearby Shejaia by what Palestinian officials said was Israeli shelling of a produce market. The Israeli military said it was investigating. Such a massacre requires an earthquake-like response, said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, whose group has kept up dozens of daily rocket launches deep into Israel. The Israelis have kept casualties from the salvoes low, using its Iron Dome air defence system to intercept them and air-raid sirens to send people to shelters. In the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Wednesday, Israeli tank shells landed near another UN-run school and at least 30 people sheltering inside were wounded by shrapnel and shattered glass, witnesses and hospital officials said. Rolling Israeli ground assaults on residential areas, preceded by mass warnings to evacuate, have displaced more than 200,000 of Gazas 1.8 m Palestinians. The tiny territorys infrastructure is in ruins, with power and water outages. Related Articles Gazas corpse-ridden farms reveal destruction of Palestinian livelihoods 31 Jul 2014 Israel calls up 16,000 more reservists 31 Jul 2014 Hamas firing rockets from civilian areas, claim Israel 31 Jul 2014 Shells blast UN-run school in a Gaza refugee camp 30 Jul 2014 Nothing is more shameful than attacking sleeping children 30 Jul 2014 Israel and Hamas breaking the ‘age-old’ rules of war in Gaza – Archbishop of Canterbury 30 Jul 2014 Source: ITN / Reuters
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