在美国等国家努力促进巴以停火之际，以色列军队的战机和坦克继续轰炸加沙地带。哈马斯则继续向以色列发射火箭弹。
巴勒斯坦卫生官员说，以色列的攻击星期四早晨造成至少20人死亡。他们说，以色列7月8日发动攻势以制止哈马斯发射火箭弹以来，已有718名巴勒斯坦人死亡。以色列方面有32名军人丧生。
以色列军方报告说，哈马斯星期四又向以色列发射多枚火箭弹，其中有几枚被铁穹导弹防御系统拦截。
与此同时，美国国务卿克里星期四在开罗继续推动停火。
克里星期三分别会晤了以色列总理内塔尼亚胡、巴勒斯坦民族权力机构主席阿巴斯和联合国秘书长潘基文。克里会谈后没有发表评论，但他在星期三早些时候说，取得一些进展。
Israel's military continues to hit the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and tank fire, while Hamas rockets fly into Israel amid efforts to secure a ceasefire to end the fighting.
Palestinian health officials said the Israeli attacks killed at least 20 people early Thursday. They put the total death toll at 718 people since Israel began its campaign to halt Hamas rocket fire on July 8. Thirty-two Israeli soldiers have died.
The Israeli military reported multiple rockets being fired Thursday, including several it said were intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defense system.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Cairo as he continues to push for a cease-fire solution.
On Wednesday, he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon. He made no comments after those talks, but said earlier in the day that "some progress" had been made.
