GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- A Palestinian man on Monday died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike that killed two of his relatives on the first day of Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Ahmad Ali Masharawi sustained major burns when an Israeli missile hit his garden in Gaza City on Nov. 14. His infant nephew, 11-month-old, Omar Masharawi, was killed immediately, as was his pregnant sister-in-law Hiba Mashharawi Turk.

Omar's father and Ahmad's brother is BBC employee Jihad Masharawi, whose image cradling his dead son became a symbol of the conflict.

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli warplanes and naval forces heavily shelled the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning, destroying several government buildings.

The Israeli army said it hit "dozens of terror infrastructure sites throughout the Gaza Strip" including the Ministry of Internal Security, a police compound and tunnels used to transport fuel.

"Israeli Navy soldiers targeted a rocket launching site, a Hamas post and a structure used for Hamas' terror activity," the army said in a statement.

In southern Gaza, Israel bombed the al-Karama security compound, west of Rafah, and flattened the police station in Khan Younis, also damaging several buildings in its vicinity.

The Abu Khadra government building in central Gaza City was hit multiple times. The attack also damaged the offices of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press.

Shortly before midnight, an Israeli attack targeted a building housing the Gaza City office of Agence France-Presse, an AFP photographer said. He said at least three attacks appeared to have hit the sixth floor.

The Israeli military says it hit "a Hamas intelligence operations center, which was deliberately located in a media building in the Gaza Strip."

It was the fourth day in a row that Israeli airstrikes damaged buildings housing media offices. On Tuesday, airstrikes killed three journalists.

The Israeli army said the Iron Dome defense shield had intercepted two rockets fired at densely populated areas since midnight. The al-Qassam Brigades said it fired five missiles at Ofakim shortly before midnight and five grad rockets at Ashdod early Tuesday.

Talks in Cairo failed to produce a ceasefire on Tuesday, and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signaled a truce could take days to achieve, after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"In the days ahead the United States will work with our partners here in Israel and across the region toward an outcome that bolsters security for the people of Israel, improves conditions for the people of Gaza and moves toward a comprehensive peace for all people of the region," Clinton said in Jerusalem.

Clinton is due to meet President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Wednesday.

Some 145 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched "Operation Pillar of Cloud" on Nov. 14 after assassinating a Hamas military leader.

KABUL (Reuters) -- A large blast that was most likely a suicide bomb attack ripped through the heavily barricaded diplomatic area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, a police official said, and there were an unknown number of casualties.

"Around 8 o'clock today there appeared to be a suicide bomb attack ... We cannot say what the target was at this point in time," said Hashmatullah Stanikzai, a spokesman for Kabul Police.

Stanikzai said it was not immediately clear how many people had been killed or wounded, but there were casualties.

Embassy sirens sounded and ambulances could be heard after the blast, which happened in the area where the US and British embassies and the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force are located.

A spokesman for ISAF said the coalition was aware of an explosion.

07:50 Following incidents in which soldiers have been hurt by rockets, the Israeli army has decided to reduce the number of soldiers around Gaza who are not preparing for a possible ground invasion, Haaretz reports.

07:32 Seven Israeli airstrikes hit tunnels in Rafah causing multiple fires in the area.

07:13 Hamas deputy chief Mousa Abu Marzouk has denounced the killing of six men accused of collaborating with Israel and said suspected spies must be dealt with through the law.

Gunmen shot dead six alleged collaborators in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. In a post on his Facebook page, Abu Marzouk called for the those responsible for the killings to be held accountable and said such an incident must "never happen again."

07:20 Israeli forces hit over 100 sites across Gaza overnight, the army says.

07:10 Israel's army says it hit "dozens of terror infrastructure sites" overnight including the Ministry of Internal Security and a police compound."

Tunnels used to transport fuel were also hit, an army statement says.

07:00 Israeli warplanes destroy two homes belonging to Muhammad al-Hadidi and Muhammad al-Shafeiy in al-Nuseirat refugee camp. No injuries reported.

06:45 Israeli warplanes are bombing a road connecting al-Nuseirat refugee camp and al-Mughraka village.

06:42 Multiple airstrikes hitting southern Gaza.

06:04 The UN Security Council will hold an open debate on Gaza today if a ceasefire is not reached, The Associated Press reports.

05:57 Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin says if a ceasefire is not reached he may still put a resolution to a Security Council vote.

"I think we should have said something (on the conflict) a long time ago," Churkin said. "We will assess the situation (on Wednesday morning)."

05:41 Israel's army says 162 rockets hit Israel over the last 24 hours.

05:26 A security compound west of Rafah has been destroyed in an airstrike. The Abu Khadra government building was also hit by multiple airstrikes earlier this morning.

05:10 The police station in Khan Younis has been flattened and several nearby buildings sustained damage in an Israeli airstrike, a Ma'an reporter says.

04:52 Israel's army says two rockets fired from Gaza at densely populated areas have been intercepted by the Iron Dome defense shield since midnight.

04:16 Israeli warplanes bomb police station in Khan Younis.

04:08 Youssef Abdel Hamid gives a harrowing account of life as a paramedic in Gaza.

"Usually, we find the dead in fragments. We pick up a hand here, a leg there," he tells The Washington Post.

04:05 Israeli army says the airstrike on central Gaza City's Abu Khadra building targeted a "terror activity site."

03:47 Just published: A recap of Tuesday's clashes across the West Bank as two protesters are buried.

03:46 Press TV reports that its correspondent Akram al-Sattari has been injured in an Israeli airstrike that damaged a hotel hosting international journalists.

03:20 Silvan Shalom's Facebook page is no longer online, but his hacked Twitter account is still tweeting. The latest: "Benjamin Netanyahu is a Zionist murdering power crazed psychopath, supported by global psychopathic political elite."

02:39 Airstrikes targeted an area near two hotels housing reporters covering the Gaza assault. Reporter Hugh Naylor of The National newspaper tells Ma'an that the blasts blew out windows in the Deira and Beach hotels. There were no immediate reports of injury, and an Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls.

02:26 The al-Qassam Brigades have responded to a tweet by the Israeli army warning journalists to "Stay away from Hamas operatives & facilities."