http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090107/ts_afp/mideastconflictgazaclashes_newsmlmmd]Israel pounds Hamas as diplomacy revs up to end Gaza war (AFP) [/URL]



AFP - Israel pounded Hamas fighters with artillery shells and air missiles in Gaza on Wednesday as diplomatic efforts sped up to end the war on the Islamists that has killed at least 666 Palestinians.