Airstrikes on Gaza Strip kill six people

A Yemeni protester holds up a placard with the slogan “We are all Gaza” during a demonstration in the Yemeni city of Taez. PIC/AFP

Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people across the Gaza Strip and destroyed the home of a large extended family early on Wednesday. The military said it widened its strikes on militant targets to the south amid continuing rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled territory.

Residents surveyed the piles of bricks, concrete and other debris that had once been the home of 40 members of al-Astal family. They said a warning missile struck the building in the southern town of Khan Younis five minutes before the airstrike, allowing everyone to escape.

The Israeli military said it struck militant targets around the towns of Khan Younis and Rafah, with 52 aircraft hitting 40 underground targets over a period of 25 minutes. Gaza's Health Ministry said a woman was killed and eight people were wounded in those strikes. Hamas-run Al-Aqsa radio said one of its reporters was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City.

EU foreign policy chief Borrell calls for ceasefire

Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, called on Tuesday for the "immediate cessation of all violence and implementation of a ceasefire" between Israel and Palestine. At a press briefing after the EU foreign ministers' video conference on the Middle East situation on Tuesday, Borrell cited a statement backed by 26 member states but blocked by Hungary's veto as Budapest supports Israel, Xinhua reported.

‘Anti-Semitism has shown its ugly face again'

Israel's Embassy in China is protesting what it describes as "blatant anti-Semitism" on a programme run by the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV discussing the ongoing violence in Gaza and elsewhere. In a tweet, the embassy said, "We have hoped that the times of the Jew's controlling the world conspiracy theories were over, unfortunately anti-Semitism has shown its ugly face again."

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