Occupation forces have continued to attack Falluja, with US warplanes striking twice early on Saturday, and also hours after a truce offer. In Baghdad an Iraqi is killed by tank fire and an Abrams tank and a trailer truck destroyed in separate incidents. Aljazeera's correspondent said the planes struck at 12:50am (20:50 GMT) and 03:30am (23:30 GMT). Several bombs were dropped on different parts of the town. He said the Golan area came under fierce bombardment hours after US forces had offered a ceasefire. The western part of the town also came under fierce mortar attack. Witnesses told Aljazeera four houses were targeted in the Golan area. The number of casualties could not yet be confirmed as ambulances were still transporting victims to the hospital. In response to the attacks, resistance fighters launched two mortar attacks on US sites east of the Euphrates, the correspondent said. Many families had gathered in the centre of the town, seeking a way out after being sealed off for the sixth consecutive day. The director of Falluja's main hospital said on Friday about 450 people had been killed and 1000 wounded since the marines launched their operation. Hospital officials in Falluja said Friday's fighting with US occupation forces there had killed nine people and wounded 35. **Ceasefire offered*** Meanwhile, US forces on Saturday offered the resistance in Falluja a ceasefire to allow for peace talks. "Coalition forces are prepared to implement a ceasefire with enemy elements in Falluja commencing at noon today (08:00 GMT)," Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, a US military spokesman, told a news conference in Baghdad. "At this point it's an aspiration. We are hoping to use this press conference ... to get this message to the enemy." **IGC calls*** The occupation force's offer comes as Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council on Saturday urged an immediate ceasefire in Falluja, criticizing the US drive against the resistance as "collective punishment" of civilians as well. "We call for an immediate ceasefire and for resorting to political solutions for situations in some parts of the country, particularly in the city of Falluja," the interim council said in a statement. The statement called for speeding up the process of transferring power from the US-led occupation to Iraqis and an end to all armed presences across the country. **Resignation threats*** The council urged the adoption of policies to fight unemployment and resolve social and economic problems in Iraq, instead of "facing security problems with military and police ways." Angry members of the interim council on Friday threatened to resign if American forces did not halt their bloody offensive in Falluja. Even Adnan Pachachi, widely seen as the most pro-American member of the 25-member council, was incensed by the violence in Fallujah. "We consider the action carried out by US forces as illegal and totally unacceptable," he said. Speaking to Aljazeera, IGC member and spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic party Hakim al-Hasni also called on fighters in Falluja to halt "military actions". "US forces in Falluja claim their attacks come in retaliation for the resistance they meet," al-Hasni said. "Therefore, I call upon you (fighters in Falluja), on behalf of the Islamic party, to stop military action in order to prevent bloodshed and give us an opportunity to transfer the injured, bury the killed people and send humanitarian aid to the city," he added. **Baghdad attacks*** In Baghdad, an Iraqi was killed on Saturday when a US tank opened fire at a group of citizens trying to protect al-Rawda al-Kadhimiya (Imam Kadhim shrine) in Baghdad. Also, a US Abrams tank and a trailer truck were on fire after two separate attacks near Baghdad airport on Saturday. The tank was left burning at al-Adil crossroad on the way to the airport, he said. US troops cordoned off the area, preventing journalists from approaching. Nearby, a trailer truck, which was part of a US military convoy, was hit earlier on Saturday by a rocket-propelled grenade, witnesses said. Other reports said the truck had been hit by a roadside bomb. Elsewhere in Baghdad, heavy exchanges of fire raged on Saturday between US troops and fighters. Blasts and gunfire were heard around a former presidential palace used as a US military base in the Aadhamiya neighborhood. Smoke was seen billowing into the sky. US troops cordoned off the entire neighborhood, preventing access by journalists. In Baquba, north of Baghdad, a strike is underway at all official departments in protest at the closure imposed upon Falluja by occupation forces, the correspondent reported. Three medical workers in one of Baquba's hospitals were injured by US fire, he added. No further details were available. **PHOTO CAPTION*** After the attack on US military convoy.