Israel weighs 48-hour halt to Gaza air campaign

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Israel on Wednesday mulled a proposed 48-hour truce as  world leaders stepped up calls for an end to the violence  and warplanes pummelled Hamas targets in the battered Gaza  Strip.(AFP/Hazem Bader)

At least 370 Palestinians have been killed so far, most of them Hamas police.

Meanwhile, a Hamas spokesman has suggested that the group would not accept a truce with Israel.

Militants have pressed on with their rocket and mortar assaults, which have killed four Israelis since the weekend.

Militants fired two rockets at the Israeli city of Beersheba, 46 kilometres from Gaza- reaching deeper into Israel than ever before.

The military estimates that nearly 10 percent of Israel's population of 7 million people is now within rocket range.

Also on Tuesday, an Israeli tank was seen firing near the Gaza-Israel border at Karni.

The Israeli military says the tank was firing towards a Hamas facility.

Editor:Du Xiaodan