Frankfurt  - Around 1,500 people gathering in the western German city of Frankfurt on Sunday to to demonstrate in support of Israel against Islamic extremist group Hamas.

Tel Aviv/Gaza/Cairo - Israel continued its offensive in the Gaza Strip Saturday, killing at least 36 Palestinians, while the military threatened to expand its operations.

Residents in the enclave said they received leaflets, dropped from the air, warning them the military would scale up the campaign.

The military "will continue to target tunnels, weapon storage facilities and terror operatives with growing intensity throughout the Gaza Strip," read the leaflet, signed by the military, warning civilians to take precautions.

Jerusalem  - A human rights groups accused Israel Saturday of apparently using white phosphorus in violation of international law.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Israel seemingly employed the substance as an obscuring tool, which is legal, but said that given Gaza's high population density, and the chance that civilians would be hurt, Israel should discontinue the use.

Gaza  - Five Palestinians from a single family were killed Saturday night when an Israeli airstrike targeted their house in the Jabalia section of the Gaza Strip, witnesses said.

According to medical sources, 36 Palestinians were killed Saturday, including the incident in which several members of the same family were killed.

Since December 27, when Israel launched its offensive in the Gaza Strip, at least 830 Palestinians have been killed and over 3,300 injured.

Gaza - Nine Palestinians were killed and more wounded in several fresh Israeli airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip Saturday evening, medics and witnesses said.

The witnesses said that three civilians from the same family were killed in one strike on a house in Beit Lahia, a town in northern Gaza.

Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency services in Gaza, said 31 Palestinians were killed Saturday and more than 50 wounded in airstrikes and tank-shelling on houses and cars in all areas of the enclave.

Tel Aviv/Gaza/Cairo  - Israel continued its offensive in the Gaza Strip Saturday, killing at least 16 Palestinians, including seven from one family, witnesses and medics said, while the military threatened to expand its operations.

Residents in the enclave said they received leaflets, dropped from the air, warning them the military would scale up the campaign.