Around 30 people were wounded in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The targeting of big buildings appears to be part of a new military tactic by Israel.
Israeli settlers began work on a new neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip on Monday, a day after members of the ruling Likud Party rejected Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s proposal to pull out of Gaza. Sharon has proposed withdrawing from all 21 settlements in Gaza and four settlements in the West Bank.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?ao=65732">Israel destroys houses in Gaza Strip</a>