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| Victims of Israeli Air Raids Civilians and Children |
Both Hamas and Israel have signalled that they are looking to end a flare-up in violence that began four days ago following a missile attack on an Israeli school bus.
Ghazi Hamad, Hamas' deputy foreign minister, delivered a rare appeal to the Israeli public on Sunday, calling for a halt to the escalating cross-border fighting.
Speaking in Hebrew to state-run Israel radio, Hamad said: "We are interested in calm but want the Israeli military to stop its operations."
Also speaking to Israel radio, Ehud Barak, the Israeli foreign minister, said Hamas had been hit hard in the past few days and a ceasefire may be the way to go.
"If they stop firing on our communities, we will stop firing. If they stop firing in general, it will be quiet, it will be good," Barak said.
According to Israeli reports the violence erupted on Thursday after an alleged Palestinian fighters fired an anti-tank missile at a school bus, critically wounding a teenager and injuring the driver.
Israel has since then launched a series of air raids at targets throughout the Gaza Strip, killing 19 Palestinians, both fighters and civilians. Which shows that it was a Preplanned attack on Gaza.
Israel has the history of profiting from violence which helps him choose targets at her will and present Israeli setup is well known for it. Hamas has tried her best to avoid violence and stop their fighters to attack Israel as it always benefited Israelis to attack and destroy Palestinian targets at will and Propagate through international media, which is pro-Israel, that Palestinians are terrorist who attack children busses with antitank missiles, which eventually will stop the legitimate right of Palestinians on their lands.
Civilians and Children among killed
According to an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza, said that "civilians have paid a very heavy price, not only are they being killed but also dozens have been injured".
"Most of the injured are children ... there were children aged between 10 and 15 years, playing football, when a rocket hit and they were injured by pieces of shrapnel."
Armed fighters from Gaza have fired at least 120 rockets and mortars at southern Israel during the conflict, with rocket fire continuing on Sunday, according to the Israeli army.
