Israel Gaza strikes kill 4

Israeli air strikes killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Friday as European governments sought UN action to end more than six weeks of bloodshed. Fighting flared anew on Tuesday as Egyptian-brokered truce efforts collapsed, with Israel insistent on its demand for security from rocket fire by Gaza militants, and Hamas defiant over its call for an end to eight years of Israeli blockade. The death toll since July 8 now stands at at least 2,087 Palestinians dead, three-quarters of them civilians according to the United Nations, and 67 on the Israeli side, nearly all of them soldiers. Two men aged 22 and 24 were killed in a strike on Nusseirat refugee camp early on Friday, emergency services said. Two more were killed in an air raid near neighbouring Deir al-Balah. The Israeli military said it struck around 20 targets overnight but did not give details, according to AFP.