加沙暴力衝突繼續克里訪中東斡旋停火

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.在美國等國家努力促進巴以停火之際，以色列軍隊的戰機和坦克繼續轟炸加沙地帶。哈馬斯則繼續向以色列發射火箭彈。

巴勒斯坦衛生官員說，以色列的攻擊星期四早晨造成至少20人死亡。他們說，以色列7月8日發動攻勢以制止哈馬斯發射火箭彈以來，已有718名巴勒斯坦人死亡。以色列方面有32名軍人喪生。

以色列軍方報告說，哈馬斯星期四又向以色列發射多枚火箭彈，其中有幾枚被鐵穹導彈防禦系統攔截。

與此同時，美國國務卿克里星期四在開羅繼續推動停火。

克里星期三分別會晤了以色列總理內塔尼亞胡、巴勒斯坦民族權力機構主席阿巴斯和聯合國祕書長潘基文。克里會談後沒有發表評論，但他在星期三早些時候說，取得一些進展。