More than 20 people have
been killed in the latest air raids on Gaza, Palestinian officials say,
as Israel continues its current
offensive.The Palestinian health ministry said most died in attacks on a house and a cafe in Khan Younis in the south, bringing the overall death toll to 80.
Militants in Gaza continued firing rockets into Israel on Thursday, with sirens sounding over southern towns.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned the situation was "on a knife-edge".
'Tap on roof' The Israeli military said that it had attacked 108 targets since midnight and that 12 rockets had been fired at Israel, seven of them intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system.
James Reynolds reporting from the Kfar Aza kibbutz where the community has been "shaken" by rocket attacks
The Palestinian health ministry said 17 people including five children and three women were killed in the strikes on the house and cafe in Khan Younis.
Israel has not commented on the incidents.
Elsewhere on Thursday, three people also died in an Israeli strike on a car in western Gaza City, Palestinian reports say. Reuters said the victims were militants from Islamic Jihad.

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