Israel kept pounding Hamas targets in Gaza, leaving entire city blocks in rubble Wednesday.
SDEROT, Israel -- Israel kept pounding Hamas targets in Gaza, leaving entire city blocks in rubble Wednesday, as its soldiers swept battle-torn southern towns and found more victims five days after the Islamist militants' onslaught.
Fears have been intense in Israel for the fate of at least 150 hostages -- mostly Israelis but also including foreign and dual nationals -- being held in Gaza by Hamas. More than 260,000 Gaza residents have been forced from their homes, a UN aid agency said, while the European Union called for a "humanitarian corridor" to allow civilians to flee the enclave's fifth war in 15 years.
A first US aircraft has delivered "advanced armaments" to southern Israel's Nevatim Airbase, the Israeli army said, declaring that "our common enemies know that the cooperation between our militaries is stronger than ever".
"We are discovering bodies of dead Israelis in the various communities that Hamas infiltrated and where they conducted their massacres," said army spokesman Jonathan Conricus. "The war is progressing well," said Weizman Nissan, 72, a resident of Sderot near Gaza and a veteran of three of Israel's wars.
One Gaza resident, Mazen Mohammad, 38, said his terrified family had spent the night huddled together as explosions shook the area, before emerging in the morning to assess the total devastation of their neighborhood.The Israeli army said fighter jets also destroyed a Hamas anti-aircraft detection system and 80 targets in the northern Beit Hanoun area, including two banks used to "fund terrorism".
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