'Constant shelling' pummels Jabalia, with many wounded

Al Jazeera is reporting that fighting is "raging" in Jabalia refugee camp, with residential neighbourhoods being pounded by "constant shelling" over the last few hours.

The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement that it had attacked four Israeli army Merkava tanks in the camp.

It added that the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Jihad, had attacked an additional tank, killing and wounding Israeli soldiers.