January 11, 2009 Israeli forces continue to bombard Gaza city Play video

(NECN/APTV) - Israeli forces continued to bombard Gaza city on Sunday morning after warning of a wider offensive, despite frantic diplomacy to end the bloodshed.

The following clips are from APTV and Ramattan TV.

Smoke rose above Gaza city on Sunday morning as local residents endured further attacks, which Israel says are designed to stop militants firing rockets into Israel.

A number of dead and injured Palestinians were brought into Shifa hospital on Sunday following a battle between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City on Sunday morning as Israel's military inched closer to Gaza's main population centers and residents braced for an expansion of the offensive.

The fighting in the Sheikh Ajleen neighborhood erupted before dawn and continued into the morning as Israeli infantrymen and tanks advanced toward Gaza City and its approximately 400,000 residents, Palestinian witnesses said.