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West Bank anger over Gaza raids Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank have joined demonstrations after a call from Hamas for a "day of wrath" against the Israeli attacks on Gaza.

Protests have also been held around the Muslim world after yesterday Prayers.

Medics in Gaza say more than 400 people have been killed in a week of raids. Four Israelis have died in the rocket attacks Israel is trying to prevent.

Five Palestinians, including three children, have been killed in the latest Israeli air attacks on Gaza.

Three brothers aged seven to 10 died in an air raid in southern Gaza, medics and witnesses said.

Friday's protests were called after an Israeli air strike hit the home of Nizar Rayan, a firebrand leader of Hamas who refused to go into hiding, killing him and several of his wives and children on Thursday.

"We will not rest until we destroy the Zionist entity," senior Hamas figure Fathi Hammad said at the funeral for the 20 people who died in that attack.

Meanwhile, about 100 foreign passport holders - mainly women married to Palestinians, and their children - have been allowed by Israel to leave Gaza.

Stone-throwing

The BBC's Aleem Maqbool said Palestinian protesters in the West Bank were directing anger not just at Israel but at Arab governments and their own leaders for their failure to stop the offensive.

Thousands gathered in Ramallah, while in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, youths threw stones at security forces, who fired tear gas.