Israel warns Gaza residents to leave before strikes

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Israel to scrap its plans for a ground assault as the Palestinian death toll rises in the ongoing military offensive. Paul, this weekend saw the first ground attack launched by Israeli troops, this despite the Security Council calling for a ceasefire. That's right, Chery. Palestinian health officials say over 170 people have been killed and 12-hundred wounded in Israeli air strikes. A Gaza-based human rights center claims that three-quarters of the victims were civilians. And that doesn't even include the thousands of Palestinians who are fleeing their homes in the Gaza Strip... amid warnings of further air and ground attacks. Our Song Ji-sun has the story. Ignoring international appeals for a ceasefire, Israel on Sunday widened its range of Gaza bombing targets to civilian institutions with suspected Hamas ties... and deployed ground troops inside Gaza. This marks the first time Israeli ground troops have entered Gaza in the current offensive. Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing northern parts of Gaza... after Israel warned it was targeting the area in its campaign to stop rocket attacks. A ground war seems likely... with at least 20-thousand reservists having been mobilized. Israeli forces raided a suspected rocket-launching site in Gaza on Sunday... with six Palestinians reportedly injured during the attack. Israel says it's targeting Hamas militants and "terror sites"... but the United Nations estimates eight out of ten of those killed in Gaza have been civilians. At least 160 Palestinians have been killed so far... with the Palestinian President calling on the international community to protect Gaza. Despite intensified Israeli military action, Hamas continues to launch rockets into Israel. Song Ji-sun, Arirang News.