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Smoke billows from a targeted location in the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli air raid, as seen from the Israeli-Gaza border on December 30, 2008. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today that the bombardment of Hamas targets in Gaza so far was "the first of several stages" approved by the Jewish state's security cabinet. The blitz has killed at least 360 Palestinians and wounded 1,690, according to medics. At least 57 of the dead are civilians, according to the UN. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ