Civilian toll mounts in Gaza, reports REKA Israel. Gilad Shalit reported wounded. Israeli air strikes destroy 40 tunnels and reservists are called up.

Hamas officials reported that Israel bombed the Islamic University in the Gaza Strip late on Sunday.

The United Nations Security Council Sunday called for an immediate halt to all violence in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing Israeli air strikes that have killed more than 270 people in Gaza. The Israeli assault followed days of rocket and mortar attacks on Israel by militants in Gaza. VOA's Purnell Murdock reports.

Israel is pulling tanks and infantry reinforcements close to Gaza in preparation for a possible attack on Hamas militants, Israel's Ynet web portal and the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday.

Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip continued on December 28 with a reported 271 people killed since the offensive began a day earlier. Israel says the attacks are a response to rocket and mortar fire by Gaza militants, which increased after a six-month cease-fire ended recently.

Palestinian drivers blocked traffic in the middle of a busy road in Gaza City Tuesday in protest against Israeli fuel curtailment to the strip.

Hamas officials said an explosion went off early Thursday near a group of Hamas policemen patrolling in Gaza City, wounding three, including one critically.

A video has been posted on an Islamist website showing the first pictures of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston since he went missing in Gaza City on March 12. The video was reportedly released by the Army of Islam, which has claimed responsibility for Johnston's kidnapping.

Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas made a new push to restore a cease-fire with Israel that collapsed under Hamas rocket fire.