Gaza Truce Proposed After Israeli Shell Kills 30

Two residents who spoke to an AP reporter by phone said the two brothers were known to be low-level Hamas militants. They said a group of militants — one of them said four — were firing mortar shells from near the school.

An Israeli security personal inspects boxes of aid, arriving from Turkey and bound for Gaza, on the...

An Israeli security personal inspects boxes of aid, arriving from Turkey and bound for Gaza, on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. The aid is being processed and moved on to Gaza. Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns which are in the line of Palestinian rocket fire. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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An Israeli shell targeted the men, but missed and they fled, the witnesses said. Then another three shells landed nearby, exploding among civilians, they said, refusing to allow their names to be published because they feared for their safety.

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A total of 71 Palestinians were killed Tuesday — with just two confirmed as militants, Gaza health officials said.

An Israeli infant was wounded by one of about two dozen rockets fired into southern Israel by Gaza militants.

Eleven Israelis have been killed since the offensive began: three civilians and a soldier by rocket fire and seven soldiers in the ground offensive, according to Isaeli officials.

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Associated Press writers Ibrahim Barzak reported this story from Gaza City and Jason Keyser from Jerusalem.

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