Israel has started its seventh day of bombing Gaza after killing a senior Hamas commander in the biggest blow yet to the Islamist's leadership.

Witnesses said Israeli warplanes carried out a series of intensive airstrikes on 15 Hamas militants' houses and a mosque allover the Gaza Strip, adding that the buzz of Israeli warplanes, drones and explosions are heard all the time.

They said that a mosque was destroyed in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, and a house of a senior Hamas militant, called Imad Aqell was destroyed in central Gaza Strip, but no casualties or victims were reported.


French President Nicolas Sarkozy says goodbye to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris,Jan.1,2009. Livni repeats her government's rejection of a ceasefire with militants in the Gaza Strip while speaking to reporters after the meeting.
The civilian death toll climbed in Israel's air offensive against the Gaza Strip on Friday and Palestinian Islamists vowed revenge for the killing of a senior Hamas leader and his family.