Civilians die in Gaza fighting

Al Jazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200914124615647308.html
Thousands of Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip overnight with tanks and helicopters, accompanied by naval support and air strikes.
The ground offensive followed eight days of intense Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, purportedly aimed at ending cross-border rockets being fired by Hamas fighters from the territory into southern Israel.
The Israeli assault, codenamed "Operation Cast Lead", has killed more than 507 Palestinians and wounded more than 2,400 others. Four Israelis have been killed by the Hamas rocket strikes in the same time.
Among the latest victims were a mother and her four young children, killed in an Israeli air strike on their home in Gaza.
Also killed in Israeli shelling was a paramedic, the Oxfam aid agency said. Another paramedic lost his leg when the shell struck an ambulance.