Israeli Forces Storm Gaza City Neighborhood

In Brussels, the European Union's aid chief said Israel has not respected international humanitarian aid during the war. In Oslo, Norway, the head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, Karen Abu Zayd, urged the Israeli army to do more to allow supplies into the besieged area.

Israeli reservists rest near Israel's border with Gaza, in southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009....

Israeli reservists rest near Israel's border with Gaza, in southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Israeli warplanes pounded the homes of Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip and ground troops edged ever closer to the territory's densely-populated urban center Monday but reported casualties were low, an indication that Hamas was largely avoiding pitched battles with the advancing Israelis. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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"We are getting a lot of help from the Israeli Defense Forces on the one crossing that's open to get more and more trucks in, but it's just not enough," she said.

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Torchia reported from Jerusalem. AP correspondents Diaa Hadid and Ian Deitch contributed to this report from Jerusalem.

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