Israel Continues Attack

Isreal's air strikes on Gaza continues into day 4. Isreali Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says officials are considering a 48 hour ceasefire but that the air strikes are the first stage of an attack approved by the the Israeli security cabinet. The Israeli attack has killed an estimated 368 people, including dozens of children according to Gaza health officials. Another 1700 are wounded, some seriously. Palestinian militants killed 2 Isrealis. FSRN Reporter Rami Al-Meghari live in Gaza. Israeli planes struck his home town today. He spoke to us about the situation on the ground.

Rami told us movement on the ground is very restricted, many Palestinians do not have power, nor can they seek food or medical aid out of fear of air strikes.

An estimated 1.5 million Palestinians live in the small coastal Gaza strip, most of them civilians. Today the US State Department said it "holds Hamas fully responsible for breaking the ceasefire and for the renewal of violence." It also pledged some $25 million to a United Nations relief agency to help Palestinians Refugees in Gaza and the West Bank. The US gives billions of dollars in aid to Isreal.

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