PHOTOS: Israel launches Gaza offensive
July 8, 2014
A ball of fire is seen following an early morning Israeli air strike, on July 11, 2014, on Rafah in the southern of Gaza strip. Israeli warplanes kept up deadly raids on Gaza but failed to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets across the border, as the United States offered to help negotiate a truce. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531558209 )
Children read while sitting in a street shelter, in anticipation of Code Red sirens alerting of incoming rockets, on July 11, 2014 in Nitzan, Israel. The Israeli army are into the fourth day of deployments at the border with the Gaza Strip in operation 'Protective Edge'. More than 90 fatalities have been reported in Gaza since the recent escalation of violence in the region, with none reported in Israel. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 452016904 )
Palestinians carry a body, a member of the Ghanam family, after being removed from under the rubble of their home following an Israeli air raid on Rafah, in the southern of Gaza strip , on July 11, 2014. Five Palestinians, including a woman and seven-year-old child, died when the militant's house in Rafah in southern Gaza was hit, and 15 other people were wounded, Gaza emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531559327 )
An Israeli soldier sleeps on a truck carrying mobile artillery unit shells at a position on the Israel-Gaza border, Friday, July 11, 2014. Gaza rocket fire struck a gas station and set it ablaze Friday in southern Israel, seriously wounding one person as rocket fire also came from Lebanon for the first time in the four-day-long offensive. Rocket fire by Palestinian militants continued from Gaza toward various locations in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians look the damage of a destroyed house where five members of the Ghannam family were killed in an Israeli missile strike early morning in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on Friday, July 11, 2014. Israel launched the Gaza offensive to stop incessant rocket fire that erupted after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed in the West Bank and a Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in an apparent reprisal attack. The military says it has hit more than 1,100 targets already, mostly what it identified as rocket-launching sites, bombarding the territory on average every five minutes. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Shells for Israeli forces' mobile artillery units are seen at their position on the Israel-Gaza border, Friday, July 11, 2014. Gaza rocket fire struck a gas station and set it ablaze Friday in southern Israel, seriously wounding one person as rocket fire also came from Lebanon for the first time in the four-day-long offensive. Rocket fire by Palestinian militants continued from Gaza toward various locations in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli security look on as Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform traditional Friday noon prayers along a street outside the Old City in East Jerusalem, on July 11, 2014, on the second Friday of Islam's holy month of Ramadan. Israeli authority has forbidden access to Al-Aqsa mosque to Muslim men under 50-years-old. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531562220 )
A digger removes the rubble of the Ghanam family home after it was targeted in an Israeli air raid on Rafah, in the southern of Gaza strip , on July 11, 2014. Five Palestinians, including a woman and seven-year-old child, died when the militant's house in Rafah in southern Gaza was hit, and 15 other people were wounded, Gaza emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531554540 )
An Israeli woman looks at damage to her home in a kibbutz near the border with the Gaza Strip, Friday, July 11, 2014. Gaza rocket fire struck a gas station and set it ablaze Friday in southern Israel, seriously wounding one person as rocket fire also came from Lebanon for the first time in the four-day-long offensive. Rocket fire by Palestinian militants continued from Gaza toward various locations in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians look the damage of a destroyed house where five members of the Ghannam family were killed in an Israeli missile strike early morning in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on Friday, July 11, 2014. Israel launched the Gaza offensive to stop incessant rocket fire that erupted after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed in the West Bank and a Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in an apparent reprisal attack. The military says it has hit more than 1,100 targets already, mostly what it identified as rocket-launching sites, bombarding the territory on average every five minutes. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli explosives experts carry the remnants of a long-range rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza after being shot down by Israelís Iron Dome air defense system and hit a synagogue in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, July 11, 2014. Gaza rocket fire struck a gas station and set it ablaze Friday in southern Israel, seriously wounding one person as rocket fire also came from Lebanon for the first time in the four-day offensive. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian firefighters walk around a boat hit in an missile strike at the port in Gaza City, Friday, July 11, 2014. Israel launched the Gaza offensive to stop incessant rocket fire that erupted after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed in the West Bank and a Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in an apparent reprisal attack. The military says it has hit more than 1,100 targets already, mostly what it identified as rocket-launching sites, bombarding the territory on average every five minutes. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers begin their day next to their mobile artillery unit at a position on the Israel-Gaza border, Friday, July 11, 2014. Gaza rocket fire struck a gas station and set it ablaze Friday in southern Israel, seriously wounding one person as rocket fire also came from Lebanon for the first time in the four-day-long offensive. Rocket fire by Palestinian militants continued from Gaza toward various locations in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Friday, July 11, 2014. Israel launched the Gaza offensive to stop incessant rocket fire that erupted after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed in the West Bank and a Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in an apparent reprisal attack. The military says it has hit more than 1,100 targets already, mostly what it identified as rocket-launching sites, bombarding the territory on average every five minutes.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians look the damage of a destroyed house where five members of the Ghannam family were killed in an Israeli missile strike early morning in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on Friday, July 11, 2014. Israel launched the Gaza offensive to stop incessant rocket fire that erupted after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed in the West Bank and a Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in an apparent reprisal attack. The military says it has hit more than 1,100 targets already, mostly what it identified as rocket-launching sites, bombarding the territory on average every five minutes. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
An Israeli firefighter tries to extinguish a petrol station on fire after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza in Ashdod, Israel, Friday, July 11, 2014. The attack on the gas station in Ashdod looked to be the most serious attack in Israel in the four days of fighting that has seen Israel deliver a heavy blow to Gaza's Hamas leaders. (AP Photo/Avi Roccah) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A Palestinian firefighter hoses a boat damaged by an missile strike at the port in Gaza City, Friday, July 11, 2014. Israel launched the Gaza offensive to stop incessant rocket fire that erupted after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed in the West Bank and a Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in an apparent reprisal attack. The military says it has hit more than 1,100 targets already, mostly what it identified as rocket-launching sites, bombarding the territory on average every five minutes. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian firefighters extinguish fire from a building following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 11, 2014. Israeli warplanes kept up deadly raids on Gaza but failed to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets across the border, as the United States offered to help negotiate a truce. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531556619 )
Pakistani lawyers shout anti-Israel slogans during a protest against Israeli military operations in Gaza, in Lahore on July 11, 2014. The Pakistani government condemned the Israeli aggression and supports the international community's efforts in bringing about a cessation of unilateral Israeli strikes killing Palestinians, including women and children. AFP PHOTO/ ARIF ALIArif Ali/AFP/Getty Images ( 531560249 )
An Israeli soldier wearing a "Talit" (prayer shawl) and "Tefilin" (phylacteries) performs morning prayers near a 155mm mobil artillery canon along the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip on July 11, 2014. Since the start of operation "Protective Edge", the Israeli military's biggest offensive on Gaza since November 2012, its forces have hit over 1090 "terror sites" killing some 95 Palestinians including women and children. In the same period, Gaza militants fired 407 mortars and rockets that struck Israel, while another 118 rockets were intercepted, an army spokeswoman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531557003 )
A Palestinian carries a body, a member of the Ghanam family, after being removed from under the rubble of their home following an Israeli air raid on Rafah, in the southern of Gaza strip , on July 11, 2014. Five Palestinians, including a woman and seven-year-old child, died when the militant's house in Rafah in southern Gaza was hit, and 15 other people were wounded, Gaza emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531554339 )
A Palestinian man walks on the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 11, 2014. Israeli warplanes kept up deadly raids on Gaza but failed to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets across the border, as the United States offered to help negotiate a truce. MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531556644 )
A missile is launched by an "Iron Dome" battery, a short-range missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, on July 11, 2014 in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Three Gaza rockets were shot down over the Tel Aviv area as Hamas militants claimed they had fired M75 missiles at the Israeli city's airport. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images ( 531560793 )
An image grab taken from an AFPTV video shows smoke and fire billowing from an Israeli gas station after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Palestinian Gaza Strip, in the city of Ashdod in southern Israel, on July 11,2014. A rocket fired from Gaza hit a petrol station in southern Israel, causing a huge explosion and injuring three people, the army and medics said. AFP PHOTO/AFPTV-/AFP/Getty Images ( 531562249 )
A Palestinian burns tires during clashes with Israeli security forces following a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the northern city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank on July 11, 2014. Israel's aerial bombardment of Gaza claimed its 100th Palestinian life as Hamas pounded central Israel with rockets and Washington offered to help broker a truce. AFP PHOTO/ JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images ( 531564817 )
Palestinian protesters carry a fellow demonstrator injured during clashes with Israeli security forces following a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the northern city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank on July 11, 2014. Israel's aerial bombardment of Gaza claimed its 100th Palestinian life as Hamas pounded central Israel with rockets and Washington offered to help broker a truce. AFP PHOTO/ JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images ( 531563381 )
A ball of fire is seen following an Israeli air strike, on July 11, 2014 in Rafah, in the southern of Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes kept up deadly raids on Gaza but failed to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets across the border, as the United States offered to help negotiate a truce. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531559284 )
Three Iron Dome rockets explode to intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip by Palestinians militants, as seen from the Israel Gaza border, southern Israel, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
View of central Israel seen from Tel Aviv as an Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket from the Gaza Strip, Israel, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israelis stand on a hill at the Israeli town of Sderot, overlooking the Gaza Strip, as they wait to watch Israeli forces' bombardment and rockets fired by Palestinian militants from inside Gaza towards Israel, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A fireman sprays water on an empty car after a direct hit by a rocket from the Gaza Strip on July 10, 2014 in Ashdod, Israel. The Israeli army has started new deployments at the border with Gaza on the third day of operation 'Protective Edge'. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 451984474 )
Palestinians climb over a wall as they try to cross into Egypt at the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Egyptian authorities opened the border to let the wounded Palestinians to cross for medical treatment in Egyptian hospitals. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers inspect the damage of a house in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva on July 10, 2014, after it was hit and damaged by a rocket fired from Gaza. Israeli warplanes kept up their deadly raids on Gaza but failed to prevent Palestinian militants from firing rockets across the border, despite mounting international appeals for a truce. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531539777 )
Israeli soldiers gather in an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 10, 2014. Gaza militants fired four rockets at Jerusalem, with two shot down over the city and another two hitting open spaces, the Israeli army said. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531535441 )
Israelis inspect the damage of a house in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva on July 10, 2014, after it was hit and damaged by a rocket fired from Gaza. Israeli warplanes kept up their deadly raids on Gaza but failed to prevent Palestinian militants from firing rockets across the border, despite mounting international appeals for a truce. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531539993 )
An Israeli police bomb technician looks at damage caused by a rocket fired from the Gaza strip, hitting the city of Ashdod on July 10, 2014. Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people Thursday as an air war entered its third day, with most of the bloodshed in the southern city of Khan Yunis, medics said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images ( 531543430 )
Israeli D9 Bulldozers roll along the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip on July 10, 2014. The Israeli air force overnight hit more than 300 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the besieged Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531539537 )
Ramadan Abu Ghazal carries the body of his four year old son, Abdallah during his funeral in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Abdullah was killed at his family's family house when an Israeli air strike hit a farm nearby, relatives said. Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in Gaza Thursday hitting hundreds of Hamas targets as its missile defense system once again intercepted rockets aimed at the countryís heartland. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A man looks at cows killed in a rocket attack from Gaza Strip on a dairy farm in Beer Tuvia regional council on Thursday, July 10, 2014. I (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Relatives bury four year-old Abdallah Abu Ghazal during his funeral in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Abdallah was killed at his family house when an Israeli air strike hit a farm nearby, relatives said. I (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians gather around a car wreckage after an airstrike in Jabalya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians search in the rubble of a destroyed house where eight members of the Al Haj family were killed in a strike early morning in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian relatives of eight members of the Al Haj family, who were killed in an Israeli missile strike early morning, grieve in the family house during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A picture taken in Gaza City on July 9, 2014 shows the trail of missile from the Israeli Iron Dome defense system, as it intercepts and destroys a rocket launched from the Gaza strip into Israel. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza today, killing at least 24 people in a major new confrontation with Palestinian militants, as Hamas flexed its firepower and sent thousands running for shelters across the country. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531500968 )
A woman carries an injured child into the al-Najar hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 9, 2014. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza today, killing at least 24 people in a major new confrontation with Palestinian militants, as Hamas flexed its firepower and sent thousands running for shelters across the country. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531502765 )
An Israeli Merkava tank rolls along the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes in the Palestinian coastal enclave, on July 10, 2014. The Israeli air force launched raids on more than 300 targets in attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket fire, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531523765 )
Flames engulf a building hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 10, 2014. The Israeli air force launched raids on more than 300 targets in attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket fire, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531524227 )
A Palestinian man jumps from the wreckage of a car as he inspects damages following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 10, 2014. The Israeli air force overnight hit more than 300 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the besieged Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531524827 )
An Israeli man reacts as he inspects a car damaged by the remains of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip after it was intercepted and destroyed by the Iron Dome defence missile system on July 10, 2014 in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. The Israeli air force launched raids on more than 300 targets in attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket fire, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO /AHMAD GHARABLIAHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531524542 )
A picture taken in Gaza City on July 10, 2014 shows a damaged building after it was hit by an Israeli air strike. The Israeli air force overnight hit more than 300 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the besieged Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531525168 )
Palestinians mourn over the coffin of Hamed Shehab, a 28-year-old militant of the Fatah movement killed in an Israeli air strike, during his funeral Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on July 10, 2014. At least five Palestinian children were among 22 people killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza early today, medics said, with most of the bloodshed in the southern city of Khan Yunis. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531527314 )
Israeli bomb disposal experts pick up the remains of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip outside a house in the southern Israeli city of Netivot, on July 10, 2014. The Israeli air force overnight hit more than 300 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the besieged Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531526220 )
Palestinian rescue workers and residents inspect a building hit by an Israeli air strike killing eight people on July 10, 2014 in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis. The Israeli air force overnight hit more than 300 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the besieged Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531529037 )
A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows a rocket being launched from the Gaza strip into Israel, on July 10, 2014. The United Arab Emirates pledged $25 million in humanitarian aid to "support the steadfastness" of Palestinians in Gaza where Israeli strikes have killed more than 70 people in three days. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531531155 )
Relatives and friends of al-Hajj family gather in a mosque to pray over the bodies of the eight family members during their funeral in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 10, 2014. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza relentlessly, causing a growing number of civilian casualties, as the UN Security Council was to meet urgently over Israel's spiralling confrontation with Hamas. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531531738 )
Israelis hide in a large concrete pipe used as a shelter during a Palestinian rocket attack on the southern Israeli village of Nitzan on July 10, 2014. The Nitzan village is mainly inhabited by former Israeli settlers who left the Gaza Strip during Israelis disengagement 2005. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531531744 )
Palestinians inspect the damages of a building hit by an Israeli air strike that killed eight people in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 10, 2014. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza relentlessly, causing a growing number of civilian casualties, as the UN Security Council was to meet urgently over Israel's spiraling confrontation with Hamas. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531531823 )
Relatives of al-Hajj family mourn as they gather in a mosque to pray over the bodies of the eight family members during their funeral in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 10, 2014. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza relentlessly, causing a growing number of civilian casualties, as the UN Security Council was to meet urgently over Israel's spiraling confrontation with Hamas. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531531809 )
Palestinians inspect damages following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 10, 2014. The Israeli air force overnight hit more than 300 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the besieged Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531530100 )
A Palestinian man walks through debris as he inspects damages following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 10, 2014. The Israeli air force overnight hit more than 300 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the besieged Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531530093 )
Smoke billows from buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 10, 2014. Israeli strikes on Gaza killed 31 people as a major air campaign entered its third day, with most of the bloodshed in the southern city of Khan Yunis. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531533178 )
An Israeli activist carries a placard during a protest against the war on the Gaza strip, in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on July 9, 2014. Two rockets fired by Gaza militants hit near the southern town of Dimona where Israel has a nuclear reactor, the military said on Twitter. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531499997 )
A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 9, 2014. Two rockets fired by Gaza militants hit near the southern town of Dimona where Israel has a nuclear reactor, the military said on Twitter. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531500363 )
A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows the trail of missile from the Israeli Irone Dome defence system, as it intercepts and destroys a rocket launched from the Gaza strip into Israel, on July 9, 2014. Two rockets fired by Gaza militants hit near the southern town of Dimona where Israel has a nuclear reactor, the military said on Twitter. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531500373 )
A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows a rocket being launched from the Gaza strip into Israel, on July 9, 2014. Two rockets fired by Gaza militants hit near the southern town of Dimona where Israel has a nuclear reactor, the military said on Twitter. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531500339 )
A Palestinian relative of the five members of the Hamad family who were killed in an Israeli missile strike late Tuesday grieves in the family house during their funeral in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing more than a dozen of people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A Palestinian stands in a crater as others looks as he picks up debris from under the rubble of a house that was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 9, 2014. Eleven Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, hiking the overall death toll to 32 in two days, with more than 150 wounded, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531488256 )
A fireball rises following an Israeli missile strike on the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, early Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing at least 11 people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. Only four rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel overnight, the army said. (AP Photo) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A missile is launched by an "Iron Dome" battery, a short-range missile defence system designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, on July 9, 2014 in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, neighboring the Gaza Strip. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images ( 531484273 )
Palestinians carry bodies of seven people killed in a strike during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Israel stepped up its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday, pummeling scores of targets and killing over a dozen of people as Israeli leaders signaled a weeks-long ground invasion could be quickly approaching. Hamas official Musheer al-Masri said Israel had ìcrossed all the red linesî and warned that Hamas would strike back fiercely. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli air strike on July 9, 2014 as seen from the Israeli border with the Palestinian coastal enclave. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said today. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531485080 )
Relatives of Killed Palestinian Hatem Salem, 28, arrive at the al-shifa hospital in Gaza City, following an Israeli air strike, on July 9, 2014. Eleven women and children were among 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, hiking the overall death toll to 38 in two days, the emergency services said. More than 300 people have been wounded. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531490311 )
Palestinians check a destroyed house a day after an Israeli strike late Tuesday, in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing more than a dozen people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
An Israeli soldier guards an "Iron Dome" battery, a short-range missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets, near the southern Israeli city of Beersheva on July 9 2014. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, Hundreds of rockets were fired from Gaza Strip in to Israeli civilian centers over the last days. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531492818 )
Israeli soldiers prepare their Tanks in a deployment area on July 9, 2014 on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. Due to recent escalation in the region, the Israeli army started new deployments at the border with the Gaza Strip. In the past 3 weeks more than 130 rockets where reportedly fired from Gaza into Israel. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ( 451887260 )
Palestinians walk through rubble of a building belonging to a senior Hamas official that was damaged in an Israeli missile strike in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing at least 11 people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. Only four rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel overnight, the army said. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A Palestinian boy plays in the rubble of a destroyed house the day after an Israeli strike in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing more than a dozen people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Smoke and debris rise after an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip seen from the Israeli side of the Israel Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Since the Gaza offensive began Tuesday, Israel has attacked more than 400 sites in Gaza, killing at least 32 people in a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. Only four rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel overnight, the army said. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli missiles hit smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing more than a dozen of people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian medics comfort an injured girl at the Shifa hospital after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Israeli officials warned Wednesday that an invasion of Gaza could prove necessary if Hamas does not stop firing rockets, as the army intensified its offensive by striking nearly 200 Hamas targets and killing more than a dozen people on the second day of its military operation. Hamas official Musheer al-Masri said Israel had ìcrossed all the red linesî and warned that Hamas would strike back fiercely. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian children walk in the rubble of a destroyed house a day after an Israeli strike, in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing more than a dozen people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Relatives and friends of the al-Kaware family carry the 7 bodies to the mosque during their funeral in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, on July 9, 2014. The father, a member of the Fatah movement, and his 6 sons were all killed the day before in an Israeli air strike that targeted their home. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531492195 )
A Palestinian man is lifted into an ambulance during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the gates of the Beit El Jewish settlement in the Israel occupied West Bank near Ramallah on July 9, 2014, following a protest against the bombardment of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli air force. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531483505 )
Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers at the gates of the Beit El Jewish settlement in the Israel occupied West Bank near Ramallah on July 9, 2014, as they protest against the bombardment of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli air force. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531483499 )
Palestinians protest at the gates of the Beit El Jewish settlement in the Israel occupied West Bank near Ramallah on July 9, 2014, against the bombardment of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli air force. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531483495 )
Palestinians stand in front of a crater following an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanu, in the northern of Gaza Strip on July 9 2014. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531483327 )
Smoke billows after Israeli air strikes near smuggling tunnels between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 9 2014. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531484124 )
Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of Hafez Hammad, a senior Islamic Jihad commander, and five of his family members, including two women and two children, who were all killed when an Israeli missile slammed into their house in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun on July 09, 2014. Eleven Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza today, hiking the overall death toll to 32 in two days, with more than 150 wounded, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531492185 )
An Israeli soldier sleeps on an Israeli army Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) in an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 9, 2014. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a widescale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said today. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531485254 )
A Palestinian man stands looking at smoke rising from a building after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on July 9, 2014. Eleven women and children were among 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza today, hiking the overall death toll to 38 in two days, the emergency services said. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531492596 )
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) prays prior a meeting with his leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 9, 2014. Abbas has demanded Israel "immediately stop" its air campaign on the Gaza Strip and called on the international community to pressure the Jewish state. Israeli warplanes pounded targets in the Gaza Strip today as a major campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire entered its second day. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531494016 )
A Palestinian man removes a piece of furniture from the rubble of a home which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanu, in the northern of Gaza Strip on July 9 2014. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a widescale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531485989 )
A Palestinian man hold shrapnel again a shrapnel scared wall following an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanu, in the northern of Gaza Strip on July 9 2014. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a wide scale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531487745 )
A Palestinian woman carries her daughter past rubble from a home which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanu, in the northern of Gaza Strip on July 9 2014. The Israeli air force bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight as it pressed a widescale campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire, an army official said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531487737 )
Palestinians sitting on a street react after a deadly Israeli air strike that targeted their house on July 8, 2014 in the town of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 13 people and wounded 80 others, the emergency services said, as the military began an aerial campaign against militants in the Strip. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531463219 )
Smoke and dust rise following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, southern Gaza, on July 8, 2014. Israeli warplanes killed 13 Palestinians in Gaza with Israel weighing "all options" in a new drive to stamp out Hamas rocket fire as the two sides slid toward another major conflict. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531461731 )
A Palestinian woman carrying a child makes her way through debris as people inspect the remains of a house belonging to a member of the Islamist Hamas movement following an Israeli air strike on July 8, 2014 in the Gaza strip town of Khan Yunis. Israeli warplanes killed at least 13 Palestinians in Gaza, with Israel weighing "all options" in a new drive to stamp out Hamas rocket fire as the two sides slid toward another major conflict. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531462788 )
A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing during an Israeli air strike in the Palestinian coastal enclave, on July 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531466091 )
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