Israel Hits Over 400 Targets In Gaza After Truce Ends, 240 Killed

According to the United Nations, an estimated 1.7 million people in Gaza -- around 80 percent of the population -- have been displaced by eight weeks of war.

Israel brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce Saturday and pushed on with its devastating bombing campaign against Hamas militants in densely-inhabited Gaza.  

Smoke again clouded the sky over the north of the Palestinian territory, whose Hamas government said 240 people had been killed since a pause in hostilities expired early Friday and combat resumed.

According to the United Nations, an estimated 1.7 million people in Gaza -- around 80 percent of the population -- have been displaced by eight weeks of war.