Israeli troops have launched a ground operation in the northern Gaza Strip, the first since the offensive against Hamas began, as Palestinian deaths continue to mount.
The navy commandos' brief incursion - which ignored a United Nations call for a ceasefire - targeted a rocket launcher site, according to Israeli public radio.
The armed branch of Hamas confirmed that Israeli troops had exchanged gunfire with Palestinian fighters.
Artillery flares illuminate the sky following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Residents in northern Gaza spent the night fleeing their homes, after a warning from Israel's military that they should leave "for their own safety".
Israel says it plans to step up its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza today in an effort to stop missiles being fired into Israel.
It has been massing military hardware and troops close to the border with northern Gaza.
A picture tweeted by Israel claiming to target a militant rocket site Sky's Alex Rossi said more than 100 Israeli armoured personnel carriers and tanks are in the area.
Israel began its offensive on Tuesday in response to weeks of rocket attacks from Hamas militants in Gaza, who are understood to have fired more than 600 missiles into the country.
On Saturday evening, an Israeli warplane bombed the home of Gaza's police chief and damaged a nearby mosque, killing at least 18 people and wounding 50.
Tel Aviv residents take cover during an air raid siren warning of an attack It was the deadliest single attack during the five-day conflict, which has now claimed 165 lives and left more than 1,000 injured.
Injured Palestinians were taken to al Shifa hospital in Gaza City as the bombardment continued.
Israeli soldiers rest in the shade of trees near central Gaza Dr Ayman al Sahabany, director of emergency ward at the hospital, said: "Women and children are more than half of the casualties. And children form a third of the total casualties."
No Israelis have died so far in the latest conflict, and many of the rockets fired into the country have been intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system.
Israeli soldiers walk across a field near central Gaza strip France has called on Israel to order an immediate ceasefire.
"We condemn the Hamas rocket attacks against Israeli civilians," said Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
"But we also call on Israel to show restraint in its response and in particular to respect international law and to ensure that civilian casualties are avoided."
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will not end the campaign until he achieves his goal of stopping the rocket attacks from a "terrorist organisation which calls for our destruction".
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