78 killed in one of Gaza's deadliest strikes

GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 78 people in Gaza, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday, in one of the besieged enclave's deadliest nights of the 11-week-old conflict.

Strikes that began hours before midnight continued into Monday. Residents and Palestinian media said Israel stepped up air and ground shelling in Al-Bureij in central Gaza.

At least 70 Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on the al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, reported the state-run Palestine TV.