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Smoke billows and flames rise from a targeted location in the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli air raid, as seen from the Israel-Gaza border on December 27, 2008. Israel blitzed Hamas targets in Gaza today with a wave of air strikes that killed at least 155 people in the besieged enclave in retaliation for ongoing rocket fire, officials said. An Israeli man died as Hamas swiftly responded to the air raids by firing rockets into the Jewish state. As Israel warned that the bombardment was "just the beginnning," Hamas told Israelis living near their Gaza stronghold to "prepare the funeral shrouds." AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI