The bloodshed in Gaza continues for the third day. The barbaric ‘Israeli' bombing of Gaza has so far killed 310 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400 others in the worst massacre ‘Israel' committed in occupied Palestine since 1948. Among the martyrs are children and women. The latest air raid took place in Jabaliya and left seven people dead including six children, one of them was a 14-month old baby. Four other children are from a single family.

'Israeli' "Operation Cast Lead" entered its third day amid official Arab silence and in some cases justification to the Zionist entity. ‘Israeli' warplanes also bombed the Islamic University and government compound in Gaza City. Witnesses saw fire and smoke at the university, counting six separate airstrikes there just after midnight. The ‘Israeli' occupation army confirmed that fighter jets struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip.

Other targets were a guest palace used by the Hamas government and the house next to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's home in a refugee camp adjacent to Gaza City. He was not home at the time of the bombing.

SECOND ISRAELI SETTLER KILLED IN PAL ROCKETS
On Monday morning, an ‘Israeli' settler was killed when Qassam rockets pounded Ashkelon. According to ‘Israeli' medics, fifteen settlers were also wounded in the bombing. This is the second ‘Israeli' settler to be killed since Saturday by Palestinian rocket fire in retaliation to the ‘Israeli' massacre in Gaza.

'ISRAEL' DECLARES GAZA BORDER AREAS CLOSED MILITARY ZONE
Meanwhile, the ‘Israeli' occupation army declared areas around the Gaza Strip a closed military zone on Monday, a spokesman said. The move closes the roads in the area to all except local residents, he said. In the past such moves by the army have been followed by ground operations in Gaza. Israeli tanks have been massing on the border of Gaza since Sunday.