Israel has reportedly pulled most of its ground troops out of Gaza following a five-day attack that left at least 112 Palestinians dead. But Israeli aircraft continue to carry out bombing raids, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned that Israel’s military operation in Gaza is not over. On Saturday, sixty Palestinians died in what officials said was the deadliest day in Gaza since the first intifada of the 1980s. Al Jazeera reports at least a third of the Palestinians killed over the past five days have been children. Since last week, three Israelis have died — one civilian and two soldiers. Sami Abu Zuhri of Hamas accused Israel of carrying out a war of elimination.

Sami Abu Zuhri: “What happens in Gaza is not an aggression of bombardments by planes, but it is a war of elimination by its full meaning. Babies are being killed, civilians are being killed, and buildings are being destroyed.”