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Israeli forces are conducting an offensive against Hamas in Gaza by land, sea and air, while Palestinian rockets continue to hit Israel. This map details the latest major developments.
MONDAY 5 JANUARY Gaza Strip: Hospital sources say a family of seven are killed in the Shati refugee camp by a shell fired from a naval vessel. In Zeitoun, hospital sources say a young girl and her grandfather are killed overnight by shelling, while the bodies of 14 members of another family are recovered from a separate shelling. Ground forces enter the edges of the urban area of Beit Lahiya.
Sources in southern Gaza deny earlier reports that Israeli tanks are moving towards the town of Khan Younis.
Gaza City: Heavy clashes are reported east of the city, along with gunfire to the north and the east.
SUNDAY 4 JANUARY Gaza Strip: Witnesses report clashes around the towns of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and Jabaliya refugee camp. Witnesses also report Israeli troops in the Zeitoun area, and that the main north-south road is blocked. Israeli troops take control of the site of the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim.
Gaza City: Many civilians killed when shells fall near a school and a market, Palestinian sources say.
Beit Lahiya: Twelve civilians killed by a tank shell, witnesses say.
South Israel: At least 25 short-range rockets fired, mainly on Sderot, Netivot and other towns near the Gaza border. One woman is slightly injured in Sderot.
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