Israeli-Palestinian Cross-Border Attacks Continue as Diplomatic Efforts Intensify

Israel launched more airstrikes Tuesday on the Gaza Strip, while Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel, killing two Thai workers in a packaging plant and wounding another seven people in a continuing wave of violence that has stretched on for more than a week.

An Israeli attack leveled a six-story building that housed bookstores and educational centers used by the Islamic University and other colleges, leaving behind a massive mound of concrete slabs. A jumble of desks, office chairs, books and computer wires could be seen in the debris as the building’s residents searched for their belongings. Israel warned them ahead of time of its impending attack, forcing them to flee into the predawn darkness. There were no reports of casualties.