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(1st UPDATE) Israeli air strikes on Gaza destroy Hamas' offices and training camps, but also houses and other buildings. The Palestinian health ministry says 413 Palestinians, including 78 children, were killed and 2,300 people wounded since Saturday.
Hamas fighters' rampage through Israeli towns on Saturday was the deadliest such incursion since Egypt and Syria's attacks in the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago and has threatened to ignite another conflagration in the long-running conflict
Palestinian health ministry says 413 Palestinians, including 78 children, killed and 2,300 people wounded since Saturday * Israeli media says at least 700 people killed in Saturday's attacks
The violence fuelled volatility on global markets on Monday, with concerns about possible disruptions to supplies from Iran, helping to drive Brent crude up $4.18 or 4.94 per cent, to $88.76 a barrel by 0120 GMT in Asian trade
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Fears grew of wider conflict in the Middle East after Hamas’s assault on Israel was followed by retaliation that pounded the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in response to one of the bloodiest attacks in its history