PHOTOS: Israel launches Gaza ground invasion
July 16, 2014
A relative bursts into tears as mourners try to comfort him as they gather around the bodies of seven members of the Kelani family, killed overnight by an Israeli strike in Gaza City, during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Ibrahim Kelani, 53, his wife Taghreed and their five children, were killed in the strike on a Gaza City high rise. Ibrahim's brother Saleh Kelani said Tuesday that his brother and his brotherĂs children, ranging in age from four to 12, had German citizenship, while his wife had not. The family had rented the apartment in the high-rise after fleeing their home in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya which came under heavy shelling by the Israeli army. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
An Israeli tank sits in a field as heavy smoke rises from the Gaza Strip Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state began an intensive effort to end more than two weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and tens of Israelis. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Mourners gather around the bodies of seven members of the Kelani family, killed overnight by an Israeli strike in Gaza City, during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Ibrahim Kelani, 53, his wife Taghreed and their five children, were killed in the strike on a Gaza City high-rise. Ibrahim's brother Saleh Kelani said Tuesday that his brother and his brotherĂs children, ranging in age from four to 12, had German citizenship, while his wife had not. The family had rented the apartment in the high-rise after fleeing their home in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya which came under heavy shelling by the Israeli army. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian children inspect a destroyed mosque following an overnight Israeli military strike, on July 22, 2014, in Rafah the southern Gaza Strip. UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry are in Cairo in a bid to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas after two weeks of fighting which has left over 570 Palestinians dead. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531837272 )
Israeli soldiers march during a drill near the Israel and Gaza border, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state began an intensive effort to end more than two weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Smoke and debris from an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, as Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of locations along the coastal area and diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two-week war. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, some damaged, are pictured after they were salvaged from inside the Al Aqsa Martyrs mosque in Gaza City, destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike, on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two week war that has killed more hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A relative of Palestinian Mahmoud Shawamreh cries during his funeral in the West Bank village of Al-Ram, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Shawamreh, 21, died after he was shot during clashes with Israeli troops Monday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
This December 2010 photo provided by Mike Fishbein shows Fishbein, left, a U.S.-born soldier from Los Angeles, and fellow American Ilan Benjamin, both members of the Israel Defense Forces. The two Americans killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip followed in the footsteps of scores of Jews from around the world who have volunteered to fight for Israel. Israel calls them the lone soldiers: They are men and women in the prime of their lives who have left their parents and often comfortable lives behind in places like Sydney, London, Los Angeles and elsewhere to join the IDF, marching in the desert and taking up arms to defend the Jewish state. There are about 2,000 lone soldiers currently serving in the Israeli military. (AP Photo/Courtesy Mike Fishbein) ( Fighting For Israel )
An Israeli woman inspects an Israeli home allegedly hit by a Hamas rocket on July 22, 2014 in Yahud south to Tel Aviv, Israel. As operation 'Protective Edge' goes into it's third week, the death toll continues to mount, including 27 Israeli soldiers and over 500 people in Gaza, the vast majority of whom are civilians. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ( 452520066 )
Israeli soldiers practice training missions near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 22, 2014 as seen from near Sderot, Israel. As operation "Protective Edge" goes into it's third week, the death toll continues to mount, including 27 Israeli soldiers and over 500 people in Gaza, the vast majority of whom are civilians. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 452519698 )
Palestinians inspect Al Farouk mosque destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of locations along the coastal area and diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two-week war that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers take positions during a drill near the Israel and Gaza border, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state began an intensive effort to end more than two weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
The daughters (R) of Hasan Baker, 60-years-old, grieve during his funeral in Gaza City, on July 22, 2014. A series of Israeli air strikes early killed seven people in Gaza, including five members of the same family, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. The deaths hike the total Palestinian toll to 583 since the Israeli military launched Operation Protective Edge on July 8 in a bid to stamp out rocket fire from Gaza. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531843458 )
A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to shoot a stone towards Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the Israeli military action in Gaza, at Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank of Nablus, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers stand behind a tank as heavy smoke rises from the Gaza Strip Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state began an intensive effort to end more than two weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and tens of Israelis. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians watch as mourners leave after the funeral of seven members of the Kelani family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Ibrahim Kelani, 53, his wife, Taghreed, and their five children were killed overnight in a strike on a Gaza City high-rise. Ibrahim's brother Saleh Kelani said Tuesday that his brother and his brother's children, ranging in age from 4 to 12, had German citizenship, but his wife did not. The family had rented the apartment in the high-rise after fleeing their home in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya which came under heavy shelling by the Israeli army. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows Israeli army armored personnel carriers (APC) rolling along the border with the Gaza strip, on July 21, 2014. Israeli forces killed more than 10 Gaza militants who had infiltrated southern Israel today, the army said, later announcing it had lost four soldiers in that battle. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531837204 )
Israeli soldiers shoot tear gas towards Palestinian protesters during a demonstration against the Israeli military action in Gaza, at Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers fire tear gas canisters at Palestinian protesters during a clash after the funeral for Palestinian Mahmoud Shawamreh, 21, in the West Bank village of Al-Ram, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Shawamreh died after he was shot during clashes with Israeli troops Monday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian men remove goods from the rubble of a destroyed store located on the ground floor of a building hit by an Israeli air strike on July 22, 2014 in Gaza city. UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry are in Cairo today in a bid to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas after two weeks of fighting which has left over 570 Palestinians dead. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531837464 )
Palestinian relatives of Hasan Baker, 60-years-old, grieve during his funeral in Gaza City, on July 22, 2014. A series of Israeli air strikes early killed seven people in Gaza, including five members of the same family, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. The deaths hike the total Palestinian toll to 583 since the Israeli military launched Operation Protective Edge on July 8 in a bid to stamp out rocket fire from Gaza. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531840696 )
A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows an Israeli army flare illuminating the sky over the Gaza strip, on July 21, 2014. Israeli forces killed more than 10 Gaza militants who had infiltrated southern Israel today, the army said, later announcing it had lost four soldiers in that battle. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531837196 )
Relatives grieve on July 22, 2014 during the funeral of 39-year-old Israeli army tracker soldier Bansayan Kesahun, in the southern town of Netivot. Kesahum was killed the previous day in combat with Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip who infiltrated Israel through a cross-border tunnel near Kibbutz Nir Am, by Israel's border with Gaza. Two Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip, the army said today, raising the number of troops killed in the 15-day conflict with Hamas to 27. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531843603 )
A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in the center of Gaza City on July 22, 2014. A series of Israeli air strikes early today killed at least seven people in Gaza, including five members of the same family, an emergency services spokesman said. The deaths hike the total Palestinian toll to 583 since the Israeli military launched Operation Protective Edge on July 8 in a bid to stamp out rocket fire from Gaza. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531837169 )
TOPSHOTS Israeli soldiers sitting on a tank hold their position on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, on July 22 , 2014, as smoke billows from the coastal Palestinian enclave following an Israeli army ground operation to destroy tunnels reportedly used by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip to enter Israel. The UN chief and Washington's top diplomat are holding a flurry of meetings in Cairo to push for an end to two weeks of violence in Gaza that has killed sofar 585 Palestinians. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531843460 )
A Palestinian boy carries a mattress and a cushion he recovered from his family's damaged apartment as he walks amid debris on a deserted street in the centre of Gaza City on July 22, 2014. A series of Israeli air strikes early in the morning killed seven people in Gaza, including five members of the same family, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531843427 )
A Palestinian man inspects the rubble of a destroyed store located on the ground floor of a building hit by an Israeli air strike on July 22, 2014 in Gaza city. UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry are in Cairo today in a bid to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas after two weeks of fighting which has left over 570 Palestinians dead. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531843436 )
Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike hit the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Palestinian health officials say that in total, over 200 Palestinians have been killed. On the Israeli side, one man has been killed since July 8. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Smoke from flares rises in the sky in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Israel launched a large-scale ground offensive in the Gaza Strip Thursday, escalating a 10-day military operation to try to destroy Hamas' weapons arsenal, rocket firing abilities and tunnels under the Palestinian territory's border with Israel. It was the first major Israeli ground offensive in Gaza in just over five years. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers organize artillery shells for firing into Gaza on July 17, 2014 near Sderot, Israel. As the Israeli operation "Protective Edge" enters its tenth day, the body count in Gaza has reach over 200 people. One Israeli has been killed in a Mortar attack. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 452262094 )
A Palestinian woman stands in front of a damaged apartment building of the al-Yazje family, which was hit by an overnight Israeli missile in Gaza City on Thursday, July 17, 2014. The Israeli military said it has struck 37 targets in Gaza ahead of a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire meant to allow civilians to stock up after 10 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
An Israeli Merkava tank deploys at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 17, 2014. Fighting between Israel and Hamas resumed in deadly earnest today, after a brief humanitarian ceasefire allowed Gaza residents to restock and hunker down, and as efforts towards a lasting truce intensified. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531713496 )
An Israeli missile hits Palestinian buildings in Gaza City on July 17, 2014. Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza late Thursday on the 10th day of an offensive to stamp out rocket attacks from the Palestinian enclave, the army said. At least 240 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes since July 8, many of them children, medics in Gaza said, with a NGO based in the coastal enclave saying 80 percent of the deaths are civilians. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531718847 )
Smoke from flares rises in the sky in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Israel launched a large-scale ground offensive in the Gaza Strip Thursday, escalating a 10-day military operation to try to destroy Hamas' weapons arsenal, rocket firing abilities and tunnels under the Palestinian territory's border with Israel. It was the first major Israeli ground offensive in Gaza in just over five years. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers smile as they ride on a military vehicle near the Israel-Gaza Border, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Israel and Hamas have begun observing a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire, as fighting extended into a 10th day. The two sides agreed to the pause following a request by the United Nations so that supplies could be delivered to Gaza.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
An Israeli Merkava tank rolls along the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes in the Palestinian coastal enclave before a five-hour truce went into effect, on July 17, 2014. Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas were observing a temporary five-hour humanitarian ceasefire, both sides said, on the 10th day of conflict between the sides. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531703481 )
Palestinians inspect damages of the el-Yazje family apartment building which was destroyed following an overnight Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Thursday, July 17, 2014. The Israeli military says it has struck 37 targets in Gaza ahead of a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire meant to allow civilians to stock up after 10 days of fighting. The Gaza Interior Ministry says four people were killed and that a 75-year-old woman died of wounds from the day before. The Israeli army says Hamas fired 11 rockets at Israel early Thursday. Palestinian health officials say that in total, at least 225 Palestinians have been killed. On the Israeli side, one man was killed since July 8. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers receive a new crate of artillery shells for firing into Gaza on July 17, 2014 near Sderot, Israel. As the Israeli operation "Protective Edge" enters its tenth day, the body count in Gaza has reach over 200 people. One Israeli has been killed in a Mortar attack. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 452262110 )
Relatives mourn during the funeral of Bashir Abdel Aal, a 20-year-old Hamas militant who was killed by Israeli tank shells minutes before a five-hour truce went into effect, on July 17, 2014 in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. An Israeli official said the Jewish state had agreed a ceasefire with Hamas that will begin at 0300 GMT on July 18, but the Islamist movement refused to confirm the deal. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531708570 )
Israeli tanks and Army Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) seen moving along the border with Gaza on July 17, 2014 on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. As the Israeli operation 'Protective Edge' enters it's tenth day, the body count in Gaza has reach over 200 people. One Israeli has been killed in a Mortar attack. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ( 452279390 )
A Palestinian mourner weeps as the body of Bashir Abdel Aal, killed in an overnight Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, is carried away from the family house, during his funeral, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Palestinian health officials say that in total, 227 Palestinians have been killed. On the Israeli side, one man was killed since July 8. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israelis seen taking cover on a highway as a siren sounds on July 17, 2014 in Tel-aviv, Israel. As the Israeli operation 'Protective Edge' enters it's tenth day, the body count in Gaza has reach over 200 people. One Israeli has been killed in a Mortar attack. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 452280130 )
Israeli soldiers seen along the border with Gaza on July 17, 2014 on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. As the Israeli operation 'Protective Edge' enters it's tenth day, the body count in Gaza has reach over 200 people. One Israeli has been killed in a Mortar attack. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ( 452285948 )
Young Orthodox Jews dance to support the soldiers at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 17, 2014. An Israeli official said the Jewish state had agreed a ceasefire with Hamas that will begin at 0300 GMT Friday, but the Islamist movement said it had "no information" on a deal. AFP PHOTO /MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531708711 )
A 155mm artillery, positioned near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, fires a projectile towards targets in the Palestinian enclave, on July 17, 2014. Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement have agreed on a ceasefire that will begin at 0300 GMT on Friday, an Israeli official told AFP. AFP PHOTO /MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531707051 )
Israeli soldiers hug as they stand on a Merkava tank, at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 17, 2014. Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement have agreed on a ceasefire that will begin at 0300 GMT on Friday, an Israeli official told AFP. AFP PHOTO /MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531707870 )
An Israeli Merkava tank rolls near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 17, 2014. Fighting between Israel and Hamas resumed in deadly earnest today, after a brief humanitarian ceasefire allowed Gaza residents to restock and hunker down, and as efforts towards a lasting truce intensified. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531713957 )
Smoke from rockets fired from a northern neighborhood of Gaza City are seen after being launched toward Israel on July 17, 2014. Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed four children, medics said, after a humanitarian lull in a 10-day conflict that has killed 237 Palestinians. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531714537 )
Smoke from rockets fired from a northern neighborhood of Gaza City are seen after being launched toward Israel on July 17, 2014. Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed four children, medics said, after a humanitarian lull in a 10-day conflict that has killed 237 Palestinians. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531714544 )
Israeli soldiers watch the smoke trails of 155mm shells fired at targets in the Gaza Strip, at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 17, 2014. Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement have agreed on a ceasefire that will begin at 0300 GMT on Friday, an Israeli official told AFP. AFP PHOTO /MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531713863 )
Palestinian missiles are fired from Gaza City toward Israel following Israeli air strikes on July 17, 2014. Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza late Thursday on the 10th day of an offensive to stamp out rocket attacks from the Palestinian enclave, the army said. At least 240 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes since July 8, many of them children, medics in Gaza said, with a NGO based in the coastal enclave saying 80 percent of the deaths are civilians. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531718832 )
An Israeli Merkava tank rolls near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 17, 2014. Fighting between Israel and Hamas resumed in deadly earnest today, after a brief humanitarian ceasefire allowed Gaza residents to restock and hunker down, and as efforts towards a lasting truce intensified. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531714169 )
Palestinian relatives of four boys from the same extended Bakr family, grieve during their funeral in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The four boys, who were cousins and ages 9 to 11, were killed while playing on a beach off a coastal road west of Gaza City, said Ashraf Al Kedra, a Palestinian doctor. Seven others _ adults and children _ were wounded in the strike, he said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A picture taken from the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows rockets being launched from Gaza towards Israel on July 16, 2014. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza killed several people today, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 205. Since the latest violence began before dawn on July 8, 990 rockets fired from Gaza have struck Israel, and another 244 have been shot down by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, army figures show. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531676640 )
Palestinian relatives of the four boys killed in Israeli bombardment, all from the Bakr family, cry at the morgue of the hospital in Gaza City, on July 16, 2014. Four children were killed and several injured at a beach in Gaza City medics said, in Israeli shelling witnessed by AFP journalists. The strikes appeared to be the result of shelling by the Israeli navy against an area with small shacks used by fishermen. The deaths raised the overall toll in nine days of violence in Gaza to 213. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531683122 )
Smoke rises after Israeli missile strikes hit the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort. Wednesday's bombings came after Hamas rejected an Egyptian truce proposal on Tuesday and instead launched more rockets at Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A woman cries as Palestinians flee their homes in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, after Israel had airdropped leaflets warning people to leave the area, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort. Health officials say the Palestinian death toll in nine days of fighting has reached 204. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Smoke and dust rise from an Israeli missile strike in Gaza strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort. Wednesday's bombings came after Hamas rejected an Egyptian truce proposal on Tuesday and instead launched more rockets at Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian firefighters and residents try to extinguish fire at a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike, on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza early today killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 204. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531672014 )
People mourn during the funeral of Dror Khenin at a cemetery on July 16, 2014 in Yahud Monoson, Israel. Yesterday Khenin was the first Israeli to be killed by a Hamas mortar as he offered food to Israeli soldiers working near the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza. As Operation "Decisive Edge" enters its ninth day, over 200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli missile strikes. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 452229396 )
Israeli soldier seen praying by artillery cannon on July 16, 2014 at the Israeli-Gaza border. An Egyptian ceasefire proposal was yesterday refused by Hamas, who continued their missile bombardment on Israel. Israel has today issued a warning to 100,00 residents of northern Gaza to evacuate their homes as it continues with planned airstrikes as part of operation 'Protective Edge'. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had "no choice" but to intensify the military operation in light of the refusal to ceasefire terms from Hamas officials. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 452211080 )
Family members of Dror Khenin weep during his funeral on July 16, 2014 in Yahud Monoson, Israel. Yesterday Khenin was the first Israeli to be killed by a Hamas mortar as he offered food to Israeli soldiers working near the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza. As Operation "Decisive Edge" enters its ninth day, over 200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli missile strikes. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 452226702 )
Palestinians try to salvage what they can of their belongings from the rubble of their house following an early morning Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Israel on Wednesday intensified air attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort, targeting the homes of four senior leaders of the Islamic militant movement and ordering tens of thousands of residents to evacuate border areas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
The Iron Dome air-defense system fires to intercept a rocket over the city of Ashdod on July 16, 2014 in Ashdod,Israel. An Egyptian ceasefire proposal was yesterday refused by Hamas, who continued their missile bombardment on Israel. Israel has today issued a warning to 100,00 residents of northern Gaza to evacuate their homes as it continues with planned airstrikes as part of operation 'Protective Edge'. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had 'no choice' but to intensify the military operation in light of the refusal to ceasefire terms from Hamas officials. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 452227014 )
Palestinian firefighters and residents try to extinguish fire at a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike, on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza early today killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 204. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531672020 )
Mourners weep for Dror Khenin during his funeral on July 16, 2014 in Yahud Monoson, Israel. Yesterday Khenin was the first Israeli to be killed by a Hamas mortar as he offered food to Israeli soldiers working near the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza. As Operation "Decisive Edge" enters its ninth day, over 200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli missile strikes. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 452228790 )
YAHUD MONOSON, ISRAEL - JULY 16: Mourners weep for Dror Khenin during his funeral on July 16, 2014 in Yahud Monoson, Israel. Yesterday Khenin was the first Israeli to be killed by a Hamas mortar as he offered food to Israeli soldiers working near the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza. As Operation "Decisive Edge" enters its ninth day, over 200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli missile strikes. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 452228802 )
People mourn during the funeral of Dror Khenin at a cemetary on July 16, 2014 in Yahud Monoson, Israel. Yesterday Khenin was the first Israeli to be killed by a Hamas mortar as he offered food to Israeli soldiers working near the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza. As Operation "Decisive Edge" enters its ninth day, over 200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli missile strikes. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 452228816 )
Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the Israeli military action in Gaza, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Hundreds of Palestinian families, their children crying, fled Wednesday, as Israel intensified airstrikes on Hamas targets, including homes of the movement's leaders, following failed Egyptian cease-fire efforts. Before the renewed bombardment, Israel had told tens of thousands of residents of border areas to evacuate their neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Israeli soldiers walk during a Palestinian demonstration against the Israeli military action in Gaza, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Hundreds of Palestinian families, their children crying, fled Wednesday, as Israel intensified airstrikes on Hamas targets, including homes of the movement's leaders, following failed Egyptian cease-fire efforts. Before the renewed bombardment, Israel had told tens of thousands of residents of border areas to evacuate their neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
An elderly Palestinian woman grieves the loss of relatives outside a hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 16, 2014 following an Israeli military strike. Israel urged 100,000 Gazans to flee their homes today, but the warning was largely ignored despite an intensification of the military's nine-day campaign after Hamas snubbed a ceasefire effort. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531678055 )
Mohammed Al Awaj, 4, cries while doctors treat him for his injuries following an Israeli air strike on a vehicle, as he lies on the bed at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Hundreds of Palestinian families, their children crying, fled Wednesday, as Israel intensified airstrikes on Hamas targets, including homes of the movement's leaders, following failed Egyptian cease-fire efforts. Before the renewed bombardment, Israel had told tens of thousands of residents of border areas to evacuate their neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians flee their homes in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, after Israel had airdropped leaflets warning people to leave the area, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Palestinians flee their home in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Alongside the air strikes, Israel also ordered tens of thousands of residents of the northern town of Beit Lahiya and the Zeitoun and Shijaiyah neighborhoods of Gaza City, all near the border with Israel, to evacuate their homes by 8 a.m. Wednesday. The warnings were delivered in automated phone calls, text messages and leaflets.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A girl cries as Palestinians flee their homes in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, after Israel had airdropped leaflets warning people to leave the area, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort. Health officials say the Palestinian death toll in nine days of fighting has reached 204.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh (R) moves with his equipment away from his car as it burns after a tear-gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers landed inside the car, following a demonstration by Palestinian youth close to the Israel-manned Howara checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on July 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO/STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 531684149 )
Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike hit the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Israeli war planes and naval vessels intensified attacks across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, targeting senior Hamas leaders and bombarding a coastal area, where four Palestinian boys were killed. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians watch as mourners carry the bodies of four boys killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The four boys, who were cousins and ages 9 to 11, were killed while playing on a beach off a coastal road west of Gaza City, said Ashraf Al Kedra, a Palestinian doctor. Several others - adults and children - were wounded in the strike, he said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Smoke rises after Israeli missile strikes hit the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort. Wednesday's bombings came after Hamas rejected an Egyptian truce proposal on Tuesday and instead launched more rockets at Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A relatives of four Palestinian boys, all from the Bakr family, mourns over the body of one of the boys at the morgue of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on July 16, 2014. Four children were killed and several injured at a beach in Gaza City medics said, in Israeli shelling witnessed by AFP journalists. The strikes appeared to be the result of shelling by the Israeli navy against an area with small shacks used by fishermen. The deaths raised the overall toll in nine days of violence in Gaza to 213. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531682350 )
Palestinians inspect the damage caused be an early morning Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Israel on Wednesday intensified air attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort, targeting the homes of four senior leaders of the Islamic militant movement and ordering tens of thousands of residents to evacuate border areas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Relatives of Dror Chanin, 37, cry during his funeral in Yahud, Israel, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Chanin was fatally wounded when a mortar exploded near the vehicle he was traveling in, spraying him with shrapnel. Israeli police said he was delivering food to soldiers near the Gaza border. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinian relatives of four boys from the same extended Bakr family, grieve in the family house during their funeral in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The four boys, who were cousins and ages 9 to 11, were killed while playing on a beach off a coastal road west of Gaza City, said Ashraf Al Kedra, a Palestinian doctor. Seven others _ adults and children _ were wounded in the strike, he said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Palestinians gather around a vehicle that was destroyed by a Israeli missile strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Hundreds of Palestinian families, their children crying, fled Wednesday, as Israel intensified airstrikes on Hamas targets, including homes of the movement's leaders, following failed Egyptian cease-fire efforts. Before the renewed bombardment, Israel had told tens of thousands of residents of border areas to evacuate their neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Neighbors of Palestinian Hamas leader, Mahmoud Zahar, sit outside their homes following an early morning Israeli missile strike that destroyed Zahar's house in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Israel on Wednesday intensified air attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort, targeting the homes of four senior leaders of the Islamic militant movement and ordering tens of thousands of residents to evacuate border areas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Mourners carry the bodies of one of four boys killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The four boys, who were cousins and ages 9 to 11, were killed while playing on a beach off a coastal road west of Gaza City, said Ashraf Al Kedra, a Palestinian doctor. Several others - adults and children - were wounded in the strike, he said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians )
A Palestinian woman holds a national flag as she makes her way through tear gas during a demonstration against the Israeli military action in Gaza, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Hundreds of Palestinian families, their children crying, fled Wednesday, as Israel intensified airstrikes on Hamas targets, including homes of the movement's leaders, following failed Egyptian cease-fire efforts. Before the renewed bombardment, Israel had told tens of thousands of residents of border areas to evacuate their neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians )
Flyers are dropped over Gaza City by the Israeli army urging residents to evacuate their home by 0500 GMT, on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. The Israeli army has warned some 100,000 Palestinians in the eastern Gaza Strip to evacuate their homes, military sources said. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531671815 )
A Palestinian man walks past the house of senior Hamas official Mahmud al-Zahar after it was destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike, on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza early today killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 204. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531671426 )
Palestinians sleep at the yard of a UN school in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia early on July 16, 2014, after evacuating their houses near the border with Israel. The Israeli army has warned some 100,000 Palestinians in the eastern Gaza Strip to evacuate their homes, military sources said. Since July 8, militants have fired nearly 1,000 rockets and mortars into the Jewish state, and Israel has carried out around 1,500 strikes against targets inside Gaza. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531672474 )
A Palestinian youth inspects a house after it was destroyed by an Israeli air strike early on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza early today killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 204. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531672894 )
Israeli soldiers prepare 155mm artillery canons at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2014. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 208. Since the latest violence began before dawn on July 8, 990 rockets fired from Gaza have struck Israel, and another 244 have been shot down by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, army figures show. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531676796 )
A picture taken from the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing from the coastal Palestinian enclave following an Israeli air strike on July 16, 2014. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 205. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531676693 )
Israeli soldiers from an Infantry Brigade clean their weapons at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2014. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 208. Since the latest violence began before dawn on July 8, 990 rockets fired from Gaza have struck Israel, and another 244 have been shot down by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, army figures show. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 531676827 )
A picture shows a flare and rising smoke following a missile fired by Israeli aircraft on homes in Beit Lahia, in the northern of Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2014. New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 205. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531678810 )
Palestinian women react during the funeral of four boys, all from the Bakr family, killed during Israeli shelling, in Gaza City, on July 16, 2014. Four children were killed and several injured at a beach in Gaza City medics said, in Israeli shelling witnessed by AFP journalists. The strikes appeared to be the result of shelling by the Israeli navy against an area with small shacks used by fishermen. The deaths raised the overall toll in nine days of violence in Gaza to 213. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531682982 )
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (C) points as Norwegian Foreign Minister Boerge Brende (R) looks on during a visit on July 16, 2014, to a house damaged by a rocket fired by militants from Gaza Strip hitting the city of Ashkelon. Four children on the beach in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli raid, raising the overall death toll to 213, the emergency services said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images ( 531680631 )
Palestinian employees of Gaza City's al-Deira hotel carry a wounded boy following an Israeli military strike nearby on the beach, on July 16, 2014. Four children were killed in Gaza City during the attack, medics said, in Israeli shelling witnessed by AFP journalists. All four were on the beach when the attack took place, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said, with several injured children taking refuge at a nearby hotel where journalists were staying. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ( 531679662 )
The mother of one of the four boys, all from the Bakr family, killed during Israeli shelling, collapses outside the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on July 16, 2014. Four children were killed and several injured at a beach in Gaza City medics said, in Israeli shelling witnessed by AFP journalists. The strikes appeared to be the result of shelling by the Israeli navy against an area with small shacks used by fishermen. The deaths raised the overall toll in nine days of violence in Gaza to 213. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ( 531683002 )
A Palestinian relative of the four boys killed in Israeli bombardment, all from the Bakr family, reacts at the morgue of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on July 16, 2014. Four children were killed and several injured at a beach in Gaza City medics said, in Israeli shelling witnessed by AFP journalists. The strikes appeared to be the result of shelling by the Israeli navy against an area with small shacks used by fishermen. The deaths raised the overall toll in nine days of violence in Gaza to 213. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531682789 )
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