Airstrikes against Hamas facilities continued, increasing the death toll to nearly 300, as the Israeli government said it had called up reserves for a possible ground operation.
The attack presents the president-elect with yet another foreign crisis to deal with when he enters the White House, even as he has struggled to focus on the country?s economic problems.
AP - Israel widened its deadliest-ever air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers Sunday, pounding smuggling tunnels and government strongholds, sending more tanks and artillery toward the Gaza border and activating thousands of reservists for a possible ground invasion.
AP - The deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in Israel's deadliest-ever air assault on Hamas further complicate President-elect Barack Obama's challenge to achieve a Middle East peace — something that eluded both the Bush and Clinton administrations.
AP - Wind gusting more than 60 mph knocked out power to about 413,000 Michigan homes and businesses on Sunday as temperatures dipped back into the 20s and 30s.
Israeli jets pounded Hamas facilities in Gaza as Hamas retaliated with rockets. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said the airstrikes will continue "until we have a change on the ground" and that Israel has not ruled out a ground war in Gaza. At least 277 people have been killed in the conflict.
The dramatic developments in Gaza over the past three days have driven Arab citizens to the streets, where they have displayed anger directed first and foremost at their own governments.
Israeli airstrikes pounding Gaza are deepening the humanitarian crisis in an area that was already in deep distress, according to a United Nations aid official.