Over 360 killed, 1,400 wounded in Gaza

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-30-2008 13:39

Israel's strikes on Gaza entered the third day on Monday. Health officials said death toll was at least 364 in Gaza. But the overwhelming assault failed to hinder Hamas attacks, as rockets continued to land on Israeli soil.

Smoke billows from a blast inside the northern Gaza Strip during an Israeli air raid. (AFP/Jack Guez)

Beams of smoke rose from a house next to the Hamas premier's home, as Israel carried its overwhelming Gaza assault into the third day.

Devastating a security compound and a building near Gaza's de facto government's Culture Ministry on Monday, Israel's air force tried to obliterate symbols of Hamas power.

The strikes also flattened a building of a Hamas institution called the "Palestinian Academy for Security Science".

In Rafah, families grieved the deaths of three young boys, all brothers, killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight.

The death toll rose to well over 300 by Monday morning, including eight children under the age of 17.