Palestinian groups in Central America yesterday protested after four days of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that have so far killed more than 370 people.

Carrying signs written in Spanish that said "Stop the holocaust in Palestine " and "Stop the terrorism by the State of Israel," protestors took to the streets of Panama City to call for an end of the offensive, according to newswire EFE.

The raids came in retaliation for Palestinian militants' repeated rocket attacks on Israel.

Nicaraguan daily El Nuevo Diario reported Palestinian émigrés in that Central American country also slammed Israel for the attacks, comparing the Middle Eastern state's actions to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

UN General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann, of Nicaragua, said in a statement that "the behavior by Israel in bombarding Gaza is simply the commission of wanton aggression by a very powerful state," according to newswire AFP.

Yesterday Israel said it might try a 48-hour suspension of its attack in Gaza to test the prospects for a cease-fire with the Palestinians, U.S. daily the Los Angeles Times reported.