Israel shells Gaza militants, probes Hamas claim of captured soldier

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* Palestinian death toll reaches 447 as 12 more bodies recovered in Shejaia * Kerry heads to Cairo seeking resolution of Gaza crisis By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Allyn Fisher-Ilan GAZA/JERUSALEM, July 21 (Reuters) - Israeli tanks shelled militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and a woman died in an air strike after the bloodiest day for both sides of a nearly two-week military offensive that showed ** signs of abating despite global calls for a truce. In its push against militants in Shejaia, Israel also suffered its worst losses in the offensive it launched to stop rocket fire from Gaza at Israel, with 13 soldiers killed, for a total of 18 and a**ther two civilian deaths. Israel's army said it had been targeting militants from Gaza's dominant Hamas group, charging they fired rockets from Shejaia and built tunnels and command centres there. The army said it had warned civilians two days earlier to leave The one-day death toll was the highest for the Israeli military's since a 2006 war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Leba**n.

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