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Israel withdrew some troops from the Gaza Strip a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military would realign its forces to "minimise frictions" while extending its four-week-old campaign.
But a United Nations school sheltering 3,000 displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip was hit yesterday by what a UN official said appeared to be an Israeli airstrike.
The strike on the school in the southern city of Rafah came as Israel pounded the region following the suspected capture of a soldier by militants, who was later declared to be killed in action.


Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said at least 10 people were killed and 35 wounded in the attack.
Witnesses said the attack happened while people were waiting in line for food supplies. In a chaotic scene inside the school's compound, several bodies, including some children, were strewn across the ground in puddles of blood. Bloody footprints stained the ground where people had rushed the wounded into ambulances.
Israel struck several targets in Gaza yesterday. Artillery shells slammed into two high-rise office buildings in downtown Gaza City and large explosions could be heard seconds apart, police and witnesses said.
In nearly four weeks of fighting, more than 1,700 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed as well as nearly 70 Israelis, almost all soldiers.
Speaking in Cairo, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Israel and Hamas to stop fighting and urged the mainly Jewish state to lift its blockade of Gaza.
"Both sides should immediately and comprehensively cease fire, including air strikes, ground operations and rocket fire," Wang urged during a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukri.


While fighting continued, several Israeli tanks and other vehicles were seen leaving Gaza.
In a televised address late on Saturday, Netanyahu suggested troops would reassess operations after completing the demolition of tunnels being used by Hamas militants.
At the same time, he warned Hamas rulers that they would pay an "intolerable price" if militants continued to fire rockets at Israel and that all options remain open.
"We will take as much time as necessary, and will exert as much force as needed," he said.
The Israeli military death toll rose to 64 after Israel announced that Hadar Goldin, 23, an infantry lieutenant feared captured in Gaza, was actually killed in battle. Israel had said earlier that it feared Goldin had been captured by Hamas militants alongside two other soldiers who were killed on Friday near Rafah in an ambush.
Watch: China Foreign Minister urges Israel, Hamas to stop Gaza fighting

Associated Press, Bloomberg, Agence France-Presse


Israel strikes UN school in Gaza as troops start redeploying

A wounded man is carried from the UN shelter in Rafah. Photo: EPA

A wounded man is carried from the UN shelter in Rafah.

A Palestinian man carries an injured child following an Israeli military strike on a UN school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Palestinians carry a wounded a boy who was evacuated from under the rubble of a house in Rafah on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a press conference at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua

Israeli soldiers work at an army deployment area in southern Israel bordering the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua

An elderly Palestinian woman carries a bucket walking past destroyed buildings in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Israeli soldier thought captured is declared dead

Mother Lea and brother Haimi of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin are seen during a news conference outside their home in Kfar Saba. Photo: Reuters

Israeli Army 2nd. Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23, is from Kfar Saba, central Israel. Photo: AP

Israel starts withdrawal from Gaza Strip

Israeli troops fire artillery into Gaza yesterday. Photo: Xinhua

Smoke billowing from the coastal Palestinian enclave following an Israeli military strike. Photo: AFP

Capture of soldier Hadar Goldin in Gaza prompts memories of Gilad Shalit seizure

Hadar Goldin (left) and Gilad Shalit, freed after five years.

Gaza truce fails with at least 107 Palestinians dead, Israeli soldier missing

Palestinian five-year-old Seraj Ismail Abdel Al, lightly wounded in an Israeli strike overnight, views damage to buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Photo: AP

Medics transport a wounded Palestinian to an ambulance during an Israeli air strike in Rafah. Photo: Xinhua

This undated photo shows Israeli Army Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, 23, who was reported captured by Hamas militants on Saturday. Photo: AP

A column of Israeli tanks moves towards the Gaza Strip. Photo: EPA

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Israel withdrew some troops from the Gaza Strip a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military would realign its forces to "minimise frictions" while extending its four-week-old campaign.
