Gaza Militants and Israel Fight On Amid Talk of a Cease-Fire
- Israeli aircraft hit underground Hamas targets as rockets fly
- Biden, privately, more forcefully asks Israel to halt fire: AP
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Israeli airstrikes battered the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip early Wednesday and rocket barrages from the isolated enclave thudded into Israel as a frenzy of diplomacy sought to end the devastating conflict.
Israeli aircraft struck about 40 underground military targets belonging to Hamas overnight, as well as rocket-launching sites and other military facilities of the Islamic Jihad militant group, the Israeli army said. The strikes sent the Palestinian death toll climbing to 219. Rockets fired into Israel have killed 12 people since fighting began on May 10.