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Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni speaks during a press conference in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, a town frequently targeted by rockets launched from the nearby Gaza Strip, on December 31, 2008. Israel rejected today world calls for a truce and pressed on with its deadly Gaza offensive, as warplanes pounded Hamas targets for a fifth day and the Islamists shot back with rockets .AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ