Photo Gallery: Israel Bombards Ministries in Gaza

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Ísrael targeted numerous Hamas ministry buildings in the Gaza Srip on Tuesday, leaving many of them little more than piles of rubble. The air-raids began on Saturday in response to Hamas rockets being fired across the border into Israel.

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The Israeli government has warned that a ground invasion may be imminent. A spokeswoman for the Israeli military on Tuesday said that ground troops are fully prepared for an invasion of the Gaza Strip.

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A Palestinian man is carried away after the neighboring home of a Hamas military leader was hit by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. The bombardment of the Palestinian region began on Saturday.

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Reports from Gaza indicate that some 350 people have been killed in the four-day-old offensive. Israel claims that the majority of those killed were members of the militant organization Hamas. Hamas has controlled the Gaza Strip since summer of 2007 and is considered by the US, the European Union and Israel to be a terrorist organization.

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Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, has also been hit hard. Here, a Palestinian boy carries his belongings through the rubble.

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Rescue workers sift through the rubble of destroyed Hamas government buildings after a Tuesday airstrike destroyed them.

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Palestinians in the West Bank have been protesting against the violence currently enveloping the Gaza Strip. Here, an Israeli soldier is seen shouting at Palestinian demonstrators in Ramallah on Monday.

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Dozens of rockets have been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip in recent days. Hamas elected to let a cease-fire lapse on Dec. 19. Since then, four Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded as rockets have rained down on towns and villages not far from the Gaza Strip. Here, an Israeli policeman inspects a house in Sderot which was hit by a Palestinian rocket on Monday.

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An Israeli man looks at the damage down to his home in Sderot by a Palestinian rocket.

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An Israeli police officer and reporters take cover during a rocket attack on the town of Sderot on Monday.

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A wounded Israeli soldier is rushed to the hospital after a Palestinian rocket slammed into an army base just outside of the Gaza Strip.

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An Israeli Apache helicopter during an attack on targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday.

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The damage to facilities in the Gaza Strip has already been severe. There is no end to the Israeli attacks in sight. Dozens of Hamas rockets continue to be fired across the border into Israel.

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Protests against the Israelis have erupted across the region. Here, Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers in the Shuafat refugee camp on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

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Rockets are fired from Gaza into Israel. Hamas elected to allow a six-month-long cease-fire to expire earlier this month and once again began firing the rockets into Israel.

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Numerous Israelis living near the Gaza Strip have been forced to seek shelter from the Palestinian rockets.

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Smoke rises above Gaza City after a Tuesday air strike from the Israelis. The Israeli military has focused on targeting Hamas government buildings and other facilities connected with the militant organization.

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