The Israel-Gaza conflict

A palestinian child wearing a Hamas headband flashes the sign of victory on the top of a car as people gather in the streets to celebrate after a deal had been reached between Hamas and Israel over a long-term end to seven weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip on August 26, 2014 in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip. Israel has agreed to observe an "unlimited" ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a senior official told AFP, shortly after the deal was announced by the Palestinians. AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIBSAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532770651

A Palestinian man waves national and Egyptian flags while standing on top of a car as he and hundreds of others gather at an intersecition to celebrate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on August 26, 2014 in Gaza City. Egypt said that a Gaza ceasefire that went into force at 1600 GMT provides for an immediate opening of Israeli border crossings to aid and reconstruction supplies. AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDTROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532768652

Children hold up guns (one with an empty magazine) from a car as Palestinians gather in the streets to celebrate after a deal had been reached between Hamas and Israel over a long-term end to seven weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip on August 26, 2014 in Gaza City. Israel has agreed to observe an "unlimited" ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a senior official told AFP, shortly after the deal was announced by the Palestinians. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532768454

Palestinians wave the national flag as they gather is the streets of Gaza City on August 26, 2014, to celebrate the long-term truce agreed between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel has agreed to observe an "unlimited" ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a senior official told AFP, shortly after the deal was announced by the Palestinians. The Egyptian-brokered deal also provides for the immediate extension to six nautical miles off the Gaza coast of the limit imposed by Israel on the territory's fishermen. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532768206

Palestinians gather in the streets to celebrate after a deal had been reached between Hamas and Israel over a long-term end to seven weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip on August 26, 2014 in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip. Israel has agreed to observe an "unlimited" ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a senior official told AFP, shortly after the deal was announced by the Palestinians. AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIBSAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532770130

A picture taken on August 26, 2014 shows an Israeli rocket before it hits the house of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader, Nafez Azzam in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip. The Palestinians said they had reached agreement with Israel on a "permanent" halt to seven weeks of bloodshed in and around Gaza although Israel was silent on the claimed deal. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIBSAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532765897

A picture taken on August 26, 2014 shows a ball a fire rising from the house of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader, Nafez Azzam, that was hit by an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip. The Palestinians said they had reached agreement with Israel on a "permanent" halt to seven weeks of bloodshed in and around Gaza although Israel was silent on the claimed deal. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532765767

TOPSHOTS Palestinian residents inspect the remains of Al-Basha, a building that was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on August 26, 2014. An Israeli air raid in Gaza killed two Palestinians Tuesday, as Israel pursued its campaign to stop rocket fire by Hamas militants from the enclave, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532764422

epa04369052 A worker trying to dismantle the rubble in the Cohen family bedroom after a missile fired from the Gaza Strip made a direct hit in their house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, Israel, 26 August 2014. The Israeli air force fired rockets at a mixed residential and office complex with 100 apartments and 150 businesses in the northern part of the city, causing severe damage. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

epaselect epa04369055 Israelis members of the Cohen family inspect the damage in their living room after a missile fired from the Gaza Strip made a direct hit in their house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, Israel, 26 August 2014. The Israeli air force fired rockets at a mixed residential and office complex with 100 apartments and 150 businesses in the northern part of the city, causing severe damage. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

epa04369257 Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, 26 August 2014. The Israeli air force ramped up its targeting of high-rise buildings in Gaza City, destroying a 13-storey building overnight into 26 August. The Basha Tower was evacuated before the attack, which left several people injured, local reports said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

A Palestinian boy walks on the rubble of a house belong to al Dakhani family after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, early Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Two people were wounded in the airstrike according Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) ORG XMIT: GAZ104

An Israeli man looks out the window as he stands amidst the debris caused by a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, after it landed in the courtyard of a kindergarten in the southern costal Israeli city of Ashdod, on August 26, 2014. Israel upped the pressure on Hamas, with warplanes hitting two Gaza City highrises on day 50 of their conflict as the warring parties mulled a new Egyptian truce proposal. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532763900

An Israeli woman talks on her phone next to a crater caused by a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, after it landed in the courtyard of a kindergarten in the southern costal Israeli city of Ashdod, on August 26, 2014. Israel upped the pressure on Hamas, with warplanes hitting two Gaza City highrises on day 50 of their conflict as the warring parties mulled a new Egyptian truce proposal. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532763827

A Palestinian inspects the damage inside a classroom at Ali ibn Abi Taleb government school that was targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes on August 26, 2014 in Gaza City. Israel upped the pressure on Hamas, with warplanes hitting two Gaza City highrises on day 50 of their conflict as the warring parties mulled a new Egyptian truce proposal. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532763717

epa04369228 Palestinians inspect rubble of destroyed Al-Basha tower in Gaza City, 26 August 2014. The Israeli air force ramped up its targeting of high-rise buildings in Gaza City, destroying a 13-storey building overnight into 26 August. The Basha Tower was evacuated before the attack, which left several people injured, local reports said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Palestinian residents inspect the remains of a building that was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on August 26, 2014, killing two Palestinians, as Israel pursued its campaign to stop rocket fire by Hamas militants from the enclave, medics said. Egypt has proposed a new ceasefire in the Gaza conflict that would open key border crossings into the battered Palestinian territory, after Israeli raids killed at least 10 more Palestinians. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532752490

A Palestinian climbs through the rubble of a home after it was hit during an Israeli airstrike on Aug. 25 in Gaza City.

A Palestinian man sweeps the floor of his home that was damaged after a mosque across the street was hit by an Israeli airstrike on August 25, 2014 in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Egyptian mediators have proposed a new ceasefire in Gaza that would open the blockaded enclave's crossings and allow in aid and reconstruction materials, a senior Palestinian official said. Two AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDTROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532722541

A Palestinian woman, in her home, looks on from a hole in Mohammed al-Ghul's house after it was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on August 25, 2014. One of Sunday's air strikes killed Hamas financial official Mohammed al-Ghul as he was travelling by car in Gaza City. An Israeli air raid in Gaza left two Palestinians dead overnight, taking the number of killed Palestinians in the seven-week conflict to 2,122, Palestinian sources said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532720834

A Palestinian takes cover as part of a three-story building belonging to the Abdul Hadi family collapses after an Israeli strike in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ORG XMIT: XAH121

A Palestinian man grieves against in morgue after seeing the body of his relative that was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on August 24, 2014. According to witnesses, the Palestinian teenager and a one-and-a-half year old girl were killed while walking in their neighborhood. The UN says 70 percent of the Palestinians who have died were civilians, and that among the dead were 478 children. AFP PHOTO/ ROBERTO SCHMIDTROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532693505

epa04366062 Relatives and close family friends including Paulina (C with head down), the grandmother of Daniel Turgeman touch his coffin covered in a velvet Star of David at the four-year-old's funeral in Yevul, a small Israeli community along the border with the southern Gaza Strip, 24 August 2014. Daniel Turgeman was killed in the Nahal Oz community on the Gaza Border in a mortar attack fired by Palestinians inside the Gaza Strip 22 August 2014. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER ORG XMIT: ISR19

epa04366018 An Israeli woman coming from her hair dresser, with her coffee, as she arrives at a bomb shelter with other people already are inside, in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, 24 August 2014, during a 'red alert,' as a siren sounds signaling a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER ORG XMIT: ISR18

Palestinians inspect a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Aug. 24 at the Al-Shatea refugee camp west of Gaza City.

Palestinian firefighters inspect the wreckage of a vehicle following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

Palestinians salvage items from the Al-Zafer apartment tower on Aug. 24, following Israeli airstrikes the day before that collapsed the 12-story building in Gaza City.

Palestinians take cover during an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Al-Shatea refugee camp west of Gaza City.

Palestinian relatives touch the body of Mohammed al-Khoudari, 17, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

Palestinians sit on rubble of houses destroyed after Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 21.

Palestinians gather around the rubble of a destroyed house following Israeli strikes in the Rafah refugee camp, Southern Gaza Strip.

Palestinians gather around the rubble of a destroyed house following Israeli strikes in the Rafah refugee camp, Southern Gaza Strip.

Smoke trails mark the path of Palestinian missiles fired from the north-east of Gaza City on August 21, 2014. As the sixth week war between Israel and Hamas raged on, leaving Egyptian mediated truce talks in tatters, warplanes continued to pound Gaza killing three members of the Islamist movement's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532610405

epa04362602 A religious Israeli family running across a parking area towards a shelter among some shops in the southern Israeli town of Sderot as a 'red alert' siren sounds, 21 August 2014, signaling a rocket attack launched from the Gaza Strip is heading towards this border community. The young girl fell and the mother picked her up and carried her into the shelter. Some seconds later a boom, thud was heard signaling the incoming rocket was intercepted by an Iron Dome interceptor. Israelis in this town have seconds to get into a shelter as it is located about one kilometer or one half mile from the northern Gaza Strip border, and over the years is the most common target for Hamas and other Palestinian militants' rockets. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER ORG XMIT: ISR17

epa04362521 Palestinian neighbors youths play in rubble of their house destroyed after Israeli air strikes in Rafah town, southern Gaza Strip, 21 August 2014. Israeli jets pounded dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Thursday while Palestinian militants continued to fire rockets into southern Israel, with the violence once again gaining momentum after a lengthy ceasefire. Three Hamas commanders were killed in airstrikes in south Gaza, as Israel, for what appeared to be the first time in the latest conflict, has managed to hit high ranking members of the group. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Palestinians inspect the wreckage of a vehicle following an Israeli airstrike at the main street in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. At least two were killed in the car outside a grocery shop, and a few others were wounded by an Israel airstrike on a Gaza City street, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ORG XMIT: XAH122

Smoke and dust billow following an Israeli military strike in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on August 21, 2014. Israeli warplanes killed three top Hamas commanders in southern Gaza, inflicting a heavy blow on the movement's armed wing after failing to kill its top military chief. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIBSAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532605920

A Palestinian man mourns over the body of his relative Rami Abu Nahel, killed in an Israeli military strike, at Gaza city's Al-Shifa hospital on August 21, 2014. Three senior Hamas commanders and four children were among at least 15 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israel stepped up air strikes on day 45 of the bloody conflict. AFP PHOTO/ ROBERTO SCHMIDTROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532602023

Palestinian women from the al-Dalo family react at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City as victims are brought to the morgue to be prepared for burial after the al-Dalo home was destroyed the night before in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

A Palestinian man walks on the debris of a destroyed house targeted late last night in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli firefighter extinguishes a fire after rockets fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza strip hit a field near the southern Israeli city of Sderot.

Palestinians carry the body of the wife of Mohammed Al Deif, Israel's most-wanted man, at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. According to media reports, Al Deif's wife and son were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City Israel holds Al Deif, leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, accountable for directing the Gaza conflict from underground.

Israeli soldiers in an undisclosed southern Israeli location take cover inside a cement pipe near the border with the Gaza Strip as a 'red alert' sounds signaling Palestinian militants have fired a rocket towards the area. The Israeli army reported that Palestinians shot some 180 rockets and mortars since the break down of the ceasefire with scores of israeli strikes inside the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians grieve over the death of their relative Widad Mustafa Deif, 27, and her 8-month-old son Ali Mohammed Deif during there funeral in Jabaliya refugee camp. They were killed by an Israeli strike.

An Israeli soldier smokes a cigarette as he sits in a large concrete pipe used as a shelter at an army deployment point near the Israeli-Gaza border.

A Palestinian boy points up to the sky as he spots two Israeli drones in the late afternoon. Palestinians fled their homes in neighborhoods of eastern Gaza City carrying bags of clothes, pillows and mattresses after renewed Israeli air strikes, witnesses said. Nine days of relative quiet in the skies over Gaza came to an abrupt halt when rockets struck Israel just hours before the truce was to expire at midnight local time . Israel immediately ordered a military response, with warplanes striking targets across the coastal strip.

A rocket fired by Palestinian militants inside the Gaza Strip rises into the night sky. More than 50 rockets have been fired towards Israeli civilian centers from Gaza as the 24 hour ceasefire is shattered, and Israel responded with multiple air force attacks on Gaza, with deaths and many casualities reported.

A bomb technician examines the remains of a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip which landed near the kibbutz of Yad Mordechay.

Palestinian rescuers clear the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. The Israeli air strike killed a young girl and a woman, wounding 16 other people.

A Palestinian man carries an injured girl into the Shifa hospital following Israeli strikes which hit Gaza City.

Palestinian rescuers search for victims in rubble following an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City.

Smoke billows following an Israeli military strike on Gaza City.

Palestinians flee their destroyed neighborhood on a horse and cart in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanun.

An Egyptian soldier stands guard on the Egyptian side of the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Aug. 13, overlooking the damage in Rafah caused by a month of fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas militants.

Israeli soldiers stand in front of the graffiti covered controversial separation-barrier during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers in the West Bank.

A Palestinian throws stones during a clash with Israeli soldiers at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem.

Two boys walk past destroyed homes in Gaza City.

Mohammed Abu Ghama starts a small fire to heat water for tea near a destroyed apartment complex in Gaza City.

A Palestinian shepherd leads his flock of sheep past an apartment complex in Gaza City, that was heavily damaged in fighting between Israel and Hamas.

A Palestinian family sits in a makeshift tent amid the rubble of their destroyed house in Gaza City

A Palestinian searches the rubble of his home for salvageable items, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip.

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Zakariah al-Aqrah, 21, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Qabalan. The Israeli military said it killed Al-Aqrah early Monday morning after he opened fire on an Israeli force that had come to arrest him in connection with shootings targeting Israeli soldiers two weeks ago.

A Palestinian woman looks out from the rubble of her home that was damaged by Israeli airstrikes, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian youth wraps a bandolier of spent bullets, left by the Israeli army next to his destroyed home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip.

Palestinian boys hold up Hamas flags at the Aisha Mosque in Gaza City, which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike.

A Palestinian woman inspects her damaged house in Gaza City.

Palestinians sit in a makeshift tent next the rubble of the destroyed Al-Nada towers in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip.

Residents gather to put out a fire at a soap factory moments after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, on Aug.10, 2014.

A Palestinian man standing in a crowd of onlookers reacts to watching a soap factory go up in flames moments after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Aug, 10.

A Palestinian man runs on a street leading to a soap factory that went up in flames after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City Aug. 10,

Smoke from fires caused by Israeli strikes rises over Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP133

Palestinians gather near a burning factory after it was hit by Israeli airstrike in Gaza City Aug.10, 2014.

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in the Gaza City, Aug.10, 2014.

Palestinians remove a body from under the rubble of al-Qassam mosque in Nuseirat refugee camp.

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Al-Shejaeiya neighborhood in Gaza City.

Palestinians inspect the remains of a house after it was hit by an Israeli military strike in the Jabalia refugee camp.

Palestinians try to salvage religious books from a mosque in Gaza City.

Palestinians leave their homes in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood fearing Israeli attacks, on Aug. 8. Militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel minutes after a 72-hour truce ended.

Israeli Army vehicles move near the border with the Gaza Strip as smoke rises in Gaza following an Israeli attack.

Displaced Palestinians wait to collect water at a U.N. school where their families are taking refuge in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

The father of 10-year-old Ibraheem al-Dawawsa cries over his dead body in Gaza City. According to medics the child died in an Israeli airstrike on a mosque which is under construction.

A Palestinian medic prepares the lifeless body of a boy for his funeral in Gaza City's Shifa hospital morgue. The boy reportedly was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Aug. 8.

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian child sits on a mattress Aug. 7 amid the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian man searches in a hole of his destroyed house in Khan Yunis.

Palestinian Hamas supporters gather for a rally in Gaza City.

Israeli reserved soldiers watch the Israel Gaza border.

Palestinians fish in Gaza City.

A Palestinian boy writes on a shrapnel riddled blackboard at Sobhi Abu Karsh school in Gaza City.

A Palestinian youth carries items salvaged from the rubble through Gaza City's al-Tufah neighborhood.

A Palestinian woman waits to receive food aid at a United Nations distribution center in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

Masked militants of the Islamic Jihad group march during the funeral of their comrade Shaaban Al-Dahdouh, whose body was found under rubble in Gaza City.

Palestinians crowd a window for food aid at a United Nations distribution center in Gaza City's Shati refugee camp.

Israeli reserve soldiers place an Israeli flag on a truck carrying 155mm artillery canons near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli soldier directs a Merkava tank onto a carrier truck near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip.

A displaced Palestinian carries his belongings as he leaves a United Nations school in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, to return to his home.

Palestinian women and children return to a bedouin village near Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers walk near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip as they return from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian coastal enclave.

Palestinian residents return to their northern Gaza Strip homes.

Israeli tanks drive near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip as troops pull out of Gaza.

Israeli tanks drive near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip as troops pull out of Gaza.

A Palestinian man sits on a sofa amid destroyed buildings in the Al-Shejaea neighborhood of Gaza City.

A displaced Palestinian family returns home in Beit Hanun, Gaza Strip.

Palestinian fishermen offload their catch in the port of Gaza City.

Palestinian brothers sit on the rubble of their apartment complex Beit Hanun, Gaza Strip.

An Israeli infantry soldier shows his rifle bullets after leaving the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers carry their gear to a bus as they depart a staging area in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers from a tank unit carry their gear to a bus to depart a staging area in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers from a tank unit pack their gear into a bus as they depart a staging area in southern Israel.

A Palestinian man returns to his destroyed home in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip.

epaselect epa04340474 Palestinians search the debris of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike for survivors in the Beach refugee camp, northern Gaza City, 04 August 2014. The attack came minutes after an unilateral humanitarian ceasefire announce by Israeli force, at least one eight year old girl died. The temporary ceasefire was to last from 10 am (0700 GMT) until 5 pm in the entire enclave except for the area east of the town of Rafah in southern Gaza - a focal point of fighting since a botched attempt by Palestinian militants to snatch a soldier there on 01 August 2014. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ003

ISRAEL GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 04: Israeli soldier seen inside a tunnel built underground by Hamas militants leading from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, seen on August 4, 2014 near the Israeli Gaza border, Israel. As Operation Protective Edge enters its 28th day, the Israeli mission of demolishing Hamas tunnels comes to a close and ground forces returned from Gaza, while Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Hamas rocket fire to Israeli continues. Palestinian groups including envoys of Hamas and Islamic Jihad held their first formal meeting in Cairo hoping to secure a durable ceasefire with Israel. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 453164262

Israeli soldiers walk by foot near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip as they return from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian coastal enclave on August 4, 2014. The Israeli army said today it was resuming its strikes on the Gaza Strip, after the end of a seven-hour humanitarian lull. An army spokesman said troops were redeploying within Gaza while other forces were pulling out in a process which began on August 2. AFP PHOTO/GIL COHEN-MAGENGIL COHEN MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532197169

Relatives take the bodies of four Palestinians from the hospital for burial, in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip. The four were killed in a missile strike outside their homes, according to the relatives.

A Palestinian woman passes by rescuers inspecting the rubble of destroyed houses following Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand near the scene of an attack in Jerusalem where a Palestinian man rammed a construction excavator into a passenger bus.

Israeli police inspect the scene of attack in Jerusalem whee a Palestinian man rammed construction excavator into a passenger bus.

Israeli police cover the body of a Palestinian after police shot him in Jerusalem. The man used a construction excavator to ram a passenger bus.

Israeli police inspect a construction excavator in Jerusalem that was used to ram a passenger bus.

Palestinians walk in front of destroyed buildings in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian elderly woman sits crying after an Israeli military strike hit a house, killing at least three members of the Wahdan family, on August 3, 2014 in the southern Gaza Strip in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip. At least 10 people died as well in a fresh strike on a UN school in Gaza shortly after Israel confirmed it had begun withdrawing some troops from the war-torn enclave. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532164407

An Israeli Merkava tank rolls back from the Gaza Strip to an army deployment near Israel's border with the Palestinian enclave on August 3, 2014. A Palestinian delegation including Hamas agreed joint demands to present to Egyptian mediators in Cairo for a truce with Israel, including an end to the Gaza blockade, officials said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532172264

An Israeli drone circles over Gaza City on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) ORG XMIT: DV129

GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 03: An Israeli soldier checks a hole in the ground while looking for signs of a tunnel from Gaza to Israel on August 3, 2014 near the border with Gaza, Israel. As Operation Protective Edge enters its 27th day, a large amount of Israeli ground troops are believed to have left the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 453103360

Palestinians evacuate a survivor after an Israeli air strike hit the Al Ghoul family building in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 3, 2014. At least 40 people were believed to be inside the building in Rafah Camp when it was targeted by Israeli jet fighters, according to officials.

A Palestinian children fill up canisters with water from a delivery truck in Gaza City as all resources become scarce in Gaza.

Blood on the ground at a United Nations run school after Israeli air strikes in Rafah. At least 10 people were killed in an airstrike on a United Nations school sheltering civilians.

Israeli Armored Personnel Carriers, part of a large column of tanks and other armored vehicles, redeploy into southern Israel, on Aug. 3. Israeli ground troops began withdrawing from the Gaza Strip as Israel wrapps up operations to destroy tunnels, but airstrikes continue.

Goats look for things to eat in the ruins of a housing complex in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Rights groups estimate that more than 10,000 houses have been destroyed or badly damaged by Israel.

A Palestinian man carries a few salvaged belongings from his completely destroyed house as he leaves the village of Khuzaa, central Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian medic stands among bodies being stored in a vegetable refrigerator in Rafah, Gaza.

Palestinians look at the wreckage from a damaged window following an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza.

Palestinians salvage undamaged property after Israeli air strike.

An Israeli soldier, with the Playboy Bunny Logo painted on his military vest, sits next to a tank during a break from the Gaza offensive.

Israeli soldiers sit next to a tank in a deployment area Israel's border with the Gaza.

A Palestinian man carries pages of destroyed copies of the Koran after a mosque was hit in an overnight Israeli strike.

Palestinian women sit on the rubble of their home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip.

Palestinians, who were displaced from their houses due to fighting between Israel's army and Hamas fighters, return to inspect the condition of their homes in Jabalia, Gaza Strip.

Palestinians return to check their homes in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones towards Israeli troops at the entrance of Israeli-run Ofer prison in the West Bank village of Betunia.

A Palestinian man checks the damage caused by Israeli strikes in the village of Khuzaa, Gaza Strip.

An Israeli soldier aims his weapon during clashes with Palestinians following a protest in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Palestinians run for cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Palestinians carry their belongings from their destroyed homes in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip.

Supporters of Hamas hold a model rocket as during a protest in the West Bank city of Nablus.

A Palestinian man sits on a Israeli warhead that failed to explode on the side of a road, during a ceasefire in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian man walks past destroyed houses with salvaged blankets during a ceasefire in Khuzaa, central Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers clean a 155 mm artillery gun barrel at an army deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip, on July 31, 2014. Israel mobilised 16,000 additional reservists today to bolster forces fighting in Gaza as Washington gave its ally the go-ahead to raid stocks of emergency US weapons stored on Israeli soil. AFP PHOTO/GIL COHEN-MAGENGIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532096869

epa04336931 An Israeli police officer gestures next to a damaged car after a rocket fired from Gaza landed directly in the middle of a residential neighborhood in the southern town of Kiryat Gat, Israel, 31 July 2014. Two weeks after starting its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel has mobilized 16,000 more reserve troops. The number of Palestinians killed has climbed to 119 as the toll from attacks on a UN school and a market rose, said Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra. EPA/ABIR SULTAN EPA/ABIR SULTAN EPA/ABIR SULTAN

epa04336928 Israeli firefighters try to extinguish the fire burning car after a rocket fired from Gaza landed directly in the middle of a residential neighborhood in the southern town of Kiryat Gat, Israel, 31 July 2014. Two weeks after starting its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel has mobilized 16,000 more reserve troops. The number of Palestinians killed has climbed to 119 as the toll from attacks on a UN school and a market rose, said Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra. EPA/ABIR SULTAN EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Palestinians remove their belongings out of their damaged house following an Israeli strike hit the next-door Hamas movement's Al-Aqsa satellite TV station in Gaza City, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ORG XMIT: KH110

Palestinians walk past the Hamas movement's Al-Aqsa satellite TV station which was hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ORG XMIT: KH109

An Israeli soldier carries a shell along the border between Israel and Gaza on July 31, 2014.

A woman is evacuated after a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza, fell in the southern Israeli city of Sderot.

A Palestinian shouts slogans as firefighters try to extinguish the flames in a van in Gaza City on July 31.

A Palestinian man covers his face to protect himself from the smoke billowing from a milk factory hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

An Israeli soldier fires tear gas toward Palestinian protesters in the West Bank village of Bilin.

Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas during clashes with Israeli soldiers after a demonstration in the West Bank village of Bilin.

Palestinian children receive medical treatment after fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Beit Hanoun, Gaza.

Light from an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza illuminates the sky on July 31, 2014.

An Israeli army officer gives journalists a tour on July 25 of a tunnel allegedly used by Palestinian militants for cross-border attacks.

An Israeli army officer walks near the entrance of a tunnel July 25 that is allegedly used by Palestinian militants for cross-border attacks at the Israel-Gaza border.

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

An Israeli soldier jumps from a parked tank in a southern Israel staging area near Gaza Strip.

An Israeli soldier prays next tank shells at a souther Israel staging area along the Gaza Strip.

epa04336481 Fires spews from the cannon of an Israeli 155 mm artillery piece as it fires into the Gaza Strip from a base in southern Israel, 31 July 2014. Two weeks after starting its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel has mobilized 16,000 more reserve troops. The total Gaza death toll now stands at 1,363, with 7,680 injured, said Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER ORG XMIT: ISR01

epa04336390 Palestinians inspect the destroyed Al Aqsa television buliding after Israeli air strikes in Al Sheikh Redwan, central Gaza City, 31 July 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared the Gaza Strip a 'disaster area' as Israel pressed on with a military campaign against militants in the coastal territory. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Palestinians help carry injured men following an Israeli Strike in Shijaiyah neighborhood, eastern Gaza City, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ORG XMIT: AH109

TOPSHOTS Palestinians walk past the collapsed minaret of a destroyed mosque in Gaza City, on July 30 2014 after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike. Overnight Israeli bombardments killed "dozens" of Palestinians in Gaza, including at least 16 at a UN school, medics said, on day 23 of the Israel-Hamas conflict. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532062166

Palestinian youths cry after identifying their loved one, killed on an Israeli strike in Shijaiyah neighbourhood, at the morgue of Gaza City's Shifa hospital, Wednesday July 30, 2014. Israeli strikes hit the crowded shopping area in Gaza City, hours after tank shells tore through the walls of a U.N. school crowded with war refugees Wednesday in the deadliest of a series of air an d artillery attacks that push the Palestinian death toll above 1,300 in more than three weeks of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP172

Exhausted Palestinian medics take a break after carrying wounded people injured from an Israeli strike in Shijaiyah neighborhood, into the emergency room at Gaza City's Shifa hospital, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Israeli strikes hit a crowded shopping area in the neighborhood, hours after tank shells tore through the walls of a U.N. school crowded with war refugees Wednesday in the deadliest of a series of air and artillery attacks that push the Palestinian death toll above 1,300 in more than three weeks of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP160

Palestinian medics wheel a wounded man injured from an Israeli strike in Shijaiyah neighborhood, into the emergency room at Gaza City's Shifa hospital, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Israeli strikes hit a crowded shopping area in the neighborhood, hours after tank shells tore through the walls of a U.N. school crowded with war refugees Wednesday in the deadliest of a series of air and artillery attacks that push the Palestinian death toll above 1,300 in more than three weeks of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP159

Palestinians rush a man, injured from an Israeli Strike in Shijaiyah neighborhood, from an ambulance to the emergency room of Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ORG XMIT: KH145

epa04335703 Palestinians carry a man who was wounded during an Israeli airstrike on a market place in the Shejaiya neighbourhood near Gaza City, 30 July 2014. On the 23rd day of the Israeli offensive in Gaza the death toll there has reached 1,283. More than 7,150 people have been wounded. EPA/SAMEH RAHMI ORG XMIT: GAZ018

Israeli mortars are stored at an army staging area along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli artillery gun fires from their position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian emergency personnel and civilians evacuate victims of an Israeli airstrike on a market place in Gaza City.

Smoke rises from a building damaged by an Israeli aristrike in Gaza City.

Israeli infantry troops walk into southern Israel after fighting inside the Gaza Strip.

Israeli infantry troops walk into southern Israel after fighting inside the Gaza Strip.

Wounded Palestinians wait for medics after an Israeli airstrike on a market place in Gaza City.

Israeli military fire towards the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians inspect the downed minaret of a destroyed mosque in Gaza City. An overnight Israeli strike destroyed the building.

Palestinian youths inspect a destroyed mosque in Gaza City, following an overnight Israeli airstrike.

Palestinian mourners carry ten members of the al-Astal family in Khan Yunis, that were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian man battles a building fire caused by several Israeli strikes in Gaza City.

Palestinians help fight a fire following several Israeli strikes on Gaza City.

Palestinian rescue workers search for victims amid the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Palestinian children seek shelter at the Abu Hussein U.N. school in the Jebaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip.

Smoke rises over Gaza City following Israeli airstrikes early July 30.

A Palestinian man grieves for relatives at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. They were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a U.N. school in the Jebaliya refugee camp.

epa04334896 Smoke rises from Tuffah neighbourhood after Israeli air strikes in the east of Gaza City during a military operation in the east of Gaza Strip, 29 July 2014.Violence escalated overnight, as Israel renewed intense airstrikes on Gaza in response to barrages of Palestinian rockets after an attempted unofficial truce for the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday crumbled. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ORG XMIT: sab301

Israeli residents and relatives take cover from a rocket attack from Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip during the funeral of Israeli soldier Corporal Meidan Maymon Biton, 20, at the cemetery of the southern Israeli city of Netivot on July 29, 2014. Meidan was killed the previous day when a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Eshkol regional council, which flanks Gaza's southern border with Israel. AFP PHOTO/GIL COHEN-MAGENGIL COHEN MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532043813

Palestinian fire fighters put out the fire, at the rubble of destroyed building after an Israeli air strike on it, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel must be ready for a "prolonged" military operation in the Gaza Strip and will "act aggressively and responsibly" until the mission is completed. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) ORG XMIT: GAZ115

Palestinians search the rubble for bodies after an Israeli air strike on a building that had four apartments belonging to the Al Najar extended family, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Israel unleashed its heaviest bombardment in a 3-week-old war against Hamas on Tuesday, striking symbols of the militant group's control in Gaza and firing tank shells that Palestinian officials said shut down the strip's only power plant. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) ORG XMIT: GAZ107

Palestinian relatives cry when mourners carry out the bodies of over a dozen members of the Idhair immediate and extended family, who were killed by an Israeli strike on their houses, during their funerals in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel must be ready for a "prolonged" military operation in the Gaza Strip and will "act aggressively and responsibly" until the mission is completed.(AP Photo/Hatem Ali) ORG XMIT: GAZ104

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JULY 29: (ISRAEL OUT) An Israeli woman soldier cries during the funeral of Israeli soldier Barkai Yishai Shor on July 29, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. Shor was one of five soldiers killed by Hamas militants in an attempted infiltration into Israel Juley 28, via a cross-border tunnel from Gaza. Operation Protective Edge entered its 22nd day on July 29, as Israeli ground forces continued their incursion into Gaza after the government rejected a cease-fire draft proposed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the weekend. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452896978

An Israeli soldier keeps his position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 29, 2014. The Israeli offensive, which began on July 8 to end Hamas rocket attacks on the Jewish state, has killed more than 1,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians according to the United Nations, while 56 lives have been lost on the Israeli side, all but three of them soldiers . AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532047972

Israeli female soldiers mourn during the funeral of Sergeant Sagi Erez, an infantry soldier training to be a squad commander, during his funeral at the military cemetery in Haifa, northern Israel, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Erez, 19, was killed Monday in combat after Gaza militants used a tunnel to sneak into Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel must be ready for a "prolonged" military operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ORG XMIT: ASC106

TOPSHOTS Two Palestinians injured in Israeli air strikes wait outside the Khan Yunis hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on July 29, 2014. The fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants raged on unabated with scores more Palestinians killed as the death toll in Gaza rose well over 1,100, most of them civilians. AFP PHOTO/ BILAL TELAWIBILAL TELAWI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532044885

epa04334575 A Palestinian man inspects a collapsed transmission tower following an overnight Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, 29 July 2014. Violence escalated overnight, as Israel renewed intense airstrikes on Gaza in response to barrages of Palestinian rockets after an attempted unofficial truce for the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday crumbled. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ14

A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from a power plant in the coastal Palestinian enclave following an Israeli air strike on July 29, 2014. The only power plant supplying electricity to the Gaza Strip was knocked out of commission by Israeli shelling, deputy director of the energy authority in the Palestinian territory said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 532037643

Israeli soldiers patrol near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.

A relaxed smile hides the anxiety of a cigarette-smoking Palestinian man who readies his horse cart to change location while in the background smoke rises from a massive explosion in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers, family and friends mourn over the grave of Sgt. Sagi Erez, during his funeral at the military cemetery in Haifa, northern Israel. Erez, 19, was killed July 28, in combat after Gaza militants used a tunnel to sneak into Israel.

An Israeli canon fires a 155mm shell toward targets in the Gaza Strip from a position along the border on July 29.

A Palestinian man displays his national flag on the destroyed home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, after it was hit by an overnight Israeli air strike.

A Palestinian inspects a destroyed mosque after it was hit by an Israeli air strike.

An Israeli soldier adjusts the cannon of a Merkava tank positionned along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Men inspect the damaged Ameen mosque in Gaza City, following an Israeli airstrike.

Smoke rises from Gaza's electricity distribution company after it was hit by Israeli strikes in the Nusayrat refugee camp.

A Palestinian man photographs fire raging in Gaza's main power plant following an overnight Israeli airstrike that knocked out power across Gaza.

An Israeli soldier launches an unmanned drone aircraft from a field in southern Israel, not far from the front line border with the Gaza Strip.

A building burns in the Gaza port following airstrikes.

Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky of Gaza City on early Tuesday, July 29, 2014. A truce between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza remained elusive as diplomats sought to end the fighting at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ORG XMIT: KH122

epa04334173 An Israeli 155mm artillery canon fires from a base in southern Israeli into the Gaza Strip, 28 July 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis on 28 July to prepare for a 'lengthy campaign' in the Gaza Strip and said the military would press on with operations against Palestinian militants firing rockets from the coastal enclave. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER ORG XMIT: ISR06

KAFAR AZZA, ISRAEL - JULY 28: Used artillery shells litter the ground on the morning of July 28, 2014 near Kafar Azza, Israel. As Israel's operation "Protective Edge" in Gaza continues, the international community struggles to find a truce agreement. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452831296

Israeli reserve soldiers take a break and play checkers under tenting near the Israel Gaza border, Monday, July 28, 2014. A truce between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza remained elusive as diplomats sought to end the fighting at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) ORG XMIT: TSA106

epa04333968 Nahid Elian, father of ten years old Jamal Elian, one of eight dead children, cries outside the morgue of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, 28 July 2014. At least 10 Palestinians are killed and more than 40 are injured in two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, medics say, adding that most of the casualties are children. The Israeli military charges that Gaza militants fired rockets which hit a Palestinian hospital and a refugee camp. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

epa04333966 Israeli soldiers evacuating a wounded soldier in a helicopter after a mortar shell hit directly in a soldiers staging area and killed four soldiers, very close to the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, 28 July 2014. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel Defense Forces to resume operations after Hamas broke the cease-fire this morning and fired dozens of rockets into Israel. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Palestinians react to an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on July 28.

Palestinian men rush the bodies of two dead children from the emergency room to the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, following Israeli airstrikes.

Palestinians clean debris from up graves from debris from a nearby house which was destroyed during an Israeli airstrike during the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr on the Sheikh Aduwan cementry in Gaza City, 28 July 2014. The UN Security Council called for an immediate halt to fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid 28 July 2014. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ011

An Israeli armored personnel carrier rolls along the border between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on July 28.

An Israeli army Merkava tank holds position in Israel, along the border with buildings in the Gaza Strip, showing in the background.

Palestinian protesters hold up plastic guns during a demonstration against Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip following Eid Al-Fitr prayers in front of the Dome of Rock at al-Aqsa mosque compound, in the old city of Jerusalem.

A Palestinian man, wrapped in his national flag, inspects the rubble of destroyed buildings and homes in the Shejaiya residential district of Gaza City.

Palestinians pray in the courtyard of a U.N. school in Gaza City. The school is one of dozens of emergency shelters for those who have fled the fighting.

A Palestinian looks for human remains in a cemetery damaged by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City.

Palestinians carry bread to their families at a U.N. school in Gaza City where they seek shelter from Israeli shelling.

Palestinians hold a protest in Jerusalem, Israel, supporting the Hamas faction fighting against Israel in the Gaza Strip during early morning prayers marking the end of Ramadan and the beginning of the three-day festival of Eid al-Fitr.

Israeli soldiers prepare for the day near Kafar Azza, Israel.

epa04333152 Israeli soldier on a Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) ready their gear in a staging area, very close to the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, 27 July 2014. On the 20th day of fighting in Gaza, Palestinian and Israeli casualties are mounting amid signs of a deepening political stalemate driven by halting diplomatic efforts and an unwillingness by the warring parties to budge on key issues. In Israel, many are opposed to a premature, temporary truce that they say would give Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip time to recover and prepare more deadly traps and ambushes for Israeli. In the Gaza Strip, too, many are unwilling to budge on concessions including an easing of the blockade and improved economic opportunities for Palestinians. EPA/ABIR SULTAN ORG XMIT: ATS24

ISRAEL/GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - JULY 27: Smoke rises from Gaza Strip after Israeli shelling moment before the 24 hour ceasefireon July 27, 2014 on the Israeli/Gaza border, Israel.42 Israeli soldiers and over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli operation 'Protective Edge' nears three weeks. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452783332

Palestinians carry the coffin of Jalila Ayad, a Christian woman whose body was found under the rubble of her home after an Israeli airstike in Gaza City during her funeral on July 27, 2014. The Islamist Hamas movement continued firing rockets at Israel, despite claims it had accepted a UN request for a 24-hour extension of a humanitarian truce in war-torn Gaza. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531986353

A Palestinian carries mattresses he found in the rubble of destroyed buildings on July 27, 2014 in the Shejaiya residential district of Gaza City as families returned to find their homes ground into rubble by relentless Israeli tank fire and air strikes. The Islamist Hamas movement fired more rockets at Israel, despite claims it had accepted a UN request for a 24-hour extension of a humanitarian truce in war-torn Gaza. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARIMARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531989444

A Palestinian boy walks amid the rubble of destroyed buildings on July 27, 2014 in the Shejaiya residential district of Gaza City as families returned to find their homes ground into rubble by relentless Israeli tank fire and air strikes. The Islamist Hamas movement fired more rockets at Israel, despite claims it had accepted a UN request for a 24-hour extension of a humanitarian truce in war-torn Gaza. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARIMARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531990603

Children are seen behind a sheet which covers an improvised tent on July 27, 2014 in the garden of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, where Palestinian displaced families who have fled their homes took refugee. Hamas belatedly said it has agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce, shortly after Israel announced a resumption of hostilities in Gaza following a day-long pause. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531984369

A Palestinian woman looks on through a hole in a sheet which covers her improvised tent on July 27, 2014 in the garden of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, where Palestinian displaced families who have fled their homes took refugee. Hamas belatedly said it has agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce, shortly after Israel announced a resumption of hostilities in Gaza following a day-long pause. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531984394

Smoke rises after Israeli tanks shell the Al Shejaeiya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City on July 27.

Israeli soldiers of the 155mm artillery cannons unit fire towards the Gaza Strip from their position near Israel's border with the coastal Palestinian enclave. Shortly after this Hamas agreed to the proposed cease-fire.

Palestinians help evacuate a survivor after an Israeli air stike in Gaza City. Hamas belatedly said it has agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce, shortly after Israel announced a resumption of hostilities in Gaza following a day-long pause on July 27.

A Palestinian man cries at the site of his house, which was destroyed by shelling, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza.

An Israeli soldier smokes on a tank near the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip during a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire.

Palestininans surgery the damage in Beit Hanun, Gaza.

Palestinian mourners pray for Taib Mohammed Odeh and Khaled Odeh during their funeral at a mosque in Hawara village near Nablus in the West Bank. On Friday, several Palestinians were shot and killed during a protest against the war in the Gaza Strip.

A soldier meets with his loved ones during a 12-hour cease-fire just outside the militarized zone near the Israeli-Gaza border.

Palestinians salvage usable items during a 12-hour cease-fire in Gaza.

An Israeli soldier in a watch tower observes the main street in front of the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinians demonstrated at the checkpoint overnight against the Israeli attacks in Gaza.

An Israeli flag flutters atop an armoured personnel carrier on the border between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory.

Israeli soldiers move tank ammo near the Israeli-Gaza Strip border.

Palestinian protesters, marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah.

A Palestinian man runs past burning tires as during a protest against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Injured protesters are carried away after marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint

An Israeli security officer walks past burning tires as Palestinian protesters march against Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

A wounded Palestinian is brought into the Ramallah city hospital as Palestinian protesters march against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint.

Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in Gaza clash with soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint.

Iranian protestors burn Israeli flags during a demonstration in Tehran. Iranians rallied nationwide in a show of support for Palestinians.

A Palestinian man cries after bringing a child, wounded in an Israeli strike on a compound housing a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, to the emergency room of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tank shells hit the compound, killing more than a dozen people and wounding dozens more who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside. Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra says the dead and injured in the school compound were among hundreds of people seeking shelter from heavy fighting in the area. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP179

A displaced Palestinian girl who had lost her relative in an Israeli airstrike at a U.N school cries at Beit Hanoun hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tank shells hit a compound housing a U.N. school in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing more than a dozen of people and wounding dozens who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside, Palestinian officials said, as Israel pressed forward with its 17-day war against the territory's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ORG XMIT: XAH116

Palestinians inspect the damage to their neighborhood after an overnight Israeli strike on the El Ajramy family house, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 24, 2014. No one from the family was killed as they had vacated the building but five members of the Abu Etta family, that lived in an adjacent building they were killed. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP155

An Orthodox Jew dances with Israeli soldiers at a gathering area near the Israel and Gaza border, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tanks and warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip on Thursday, as Hamas militants stuck to their demand for the lifting of an Israeli and Egyptian blockade in the face of U.S. efforts to reach a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) ORG XMIT: TSA116

epa04329289 A wounded Palestinian woman runs in the street after Israeli airstrikes in Al Tufah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, 24 July 2014. Palestinians say there are fewer and fewer safe places in Gaza to take shelter. The UN deems 44 per cent of the enclave to be unsafe for civilians. Dozens of Palestinians were killed 24 July on a bloody 17th day of an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, officials said, as mediators tried to broker a five-day humanitarian truce. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT

epaselect epa04329381 Palestinians inspect the rubble of a destroyed house after Israeli airstrikes in Al Tufah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, 24 July 2014. Palestinians say there are fewer and fewer safe places in Gaza to take shelter. The UN deems 44 per cent of the enclave to be unsafe for civilians. Dozens of Palestinians were killed 24 July on a bloody 17th day of an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, officials said, as mediators tried to broker a five-day humanitarian truce. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Palestinians cry as they wait to identify the body of their loved one outside of the morgue of Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya.

A Palestinian helps his son who was injured when a UN school for refugees was allegedly hit by an Israeli tank shell.

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin during the military funeral of Israeli soldier Li Mat at Mount Hertzel cemetery in Jerusalem.

Israeli soldiers cry during the military funeral of Israeli soldier Li Mat at Mount Hertzel cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel.

Palestinians inspect a building destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza on July 24.

Israeli soldiers work on their Merkava tank at an army deployment area near Israel's border with Gaza.

Israeli soldiers stand together for a prayer a near the Israeli border with Gaza

A relative holds the body of two-year old Lamar Radiya, at the Kamal Adwan hospital morgue in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. The Palestinian child was reportedly killed by shrapnel from an Israeli tank shell.

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of their comrade Max Steinberg during his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. Steinberg, a 24-year-old with dual citizenship was one of two American members of the Israeli army who were killed in Gaza fighting.

Israeli soldiers return from the Gaza Strip at an army deployment area near the border.

Palestinian girls navigate debris filled streets following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City.

Awaiting ambulances carrying casualties, Palestinians sit at the entrance to the emergency room of Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

Palestinians take cover during an Israeli air strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian boys closes the gate of a United Nations school where hundreds of families sought refuge after fleeing their homes due to heavy Israeli missile strikes in Gaza City.

Smoke and fire from the explosion of 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) ORG XMIT: AXGAZ108

TOPSHOTS A Palestinian boy carries a mattress and a cusion 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 ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531843427

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) ORG XMIT: AXGAZ102

Relatives of Palestinian Mohammad al Hamaydeh cry while mourners carry his body at his family house during his funeral, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Al Hamaydeh, 22, was killed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah, according to Gaza health ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) ORG XMIT: GAZ107

Smoke from an Israeli strike rises over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes hit a wide range of locations along the coastal area of the Gaza Strip as diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two week war that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ORG XMIT: AXGAZ110

A Palestinian man looks at copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, as he inspects the rubble of a destroyed mosque following an overnight Israeli military 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 HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531835534

A general view of the remains of a 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 KHATIBSAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531837836

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 KHATIBSAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531837272

TOPSHOTS A Picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing 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 its territory, as Israeli soldiers and tanks hold their position on the Israeli side of the border, on July 22 , 2014. 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/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531837173

Israeli police officers secure a destroyed house that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza, in Yahud, central Israel, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israel has said its campaign, launched July 8, is aimed at stopping Hamas rocket fire into Israel Ã? some 2,000 rockets have been launched over the past two weeks, the military says Ã? and destroying tunnels the military says Hamas has constructed from Gaza into Israel for attacks against Israelis. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) ORG XMIT: DB103

YAHUD, ISRAEL - JULY 22: (ISRAEL OUT) An Israeli man 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) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452520052

A Palestinian man removes 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 HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531837618

A Palestinian man stands on the wreckage of a car as he searches the rubble of his destroyed apartment for belongings 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 ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531836547

Israeli soldiers kneel during a drill near 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/Tsafrir Abayov) ORG XMIT: DV109

Palestinian rescuers inspect the damage of Al-Shalam (Peace) tower, destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Gaza health officials say hundreds Palestinians have died since the beginning of IsraelÃ?s campaign in the Gaza Strip since the ground operation began Thursday. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ORG XMIT: HM102

Palestinians pray over Hamas green flag-draped bodies of 17 members of the Abu Jamea immediate and extended family, killed by an Israeli strike at their house, during their funeral at the main mosque in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 21, 2014. The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip signaled Monday that the Islamic militant group will not agree to an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, while Israel's defense minister pledged to keep fighting "as long as necessary," raising new doubt about the highest-level mediation mission in two weeks. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) ORG XMIT: GAZ102

TOPSHOTS 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 GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531837196

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli, during his funeral at the military cemetery in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Monday, July 21, 2014. Sgt. Carmeli from Texas, was killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. Thousands of Israelis attended the funeral. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ORG XMIT: XOB101

Israelis take cover as a siren sounds during a rocket attack fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, July 21, 2014. Over the weekend, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers. In Israel, a country where military service is mandatory for most citizens, military losses are considered every bit as tragic as civilian ones. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) ORG XMIT: CAISH108

An Israeli woman cries during the funeral of Staff Sgt. Moshe Melako, 20, at the Mount Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, July 21, 2014. Melako was one of 13 soldiers killed in several separate incidents in Shijaiyah on Sunday, as Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers. In Israel, a country where military service is mandatory for most citizens, military losses are considered every bit as tragic as civilian ones. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) ORG XMIT: CAISH106

Palestinians comfort each other at the morgue of al Najar hospital as one of their relatives was killed in an Israeli air strike on their family house, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 21, 2014. The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip signaled Monday that the Islamic militant group will not agree to an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, while Israel's defense minister pledged to keep fighting "as long as necessary," raising new doubt about the highest-level mediation mission in two weeks. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) ORG XMIT: GAZ107

Israeli riot police arrest an Arab Israeli man during clashes that followed a protest against Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip, in the northern city of Nazareth, on July 21, 2014. World efforts to broker a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza gathered pace today as Israel pressed a blistering 14-day assault on the enclave, pushing the Palestinian death toll to 558. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLIAHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531822143

Palestinian medics treat a wounded boy following an Israeli air strike on a family house, at a treatment room of al Najar hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 21, 2014. The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip signaled Monday that the Islamic militant group will not agree to an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, while Israel's defense minister pledged to keep fighting "as long as necessary," raising new doubt about the highest-level mediation mission in two weeks. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) ORG XMIT: GAZ106

epa04325495 Israeli cannon fires artillery shells from an artillery unit near the Israeli border with Gaza, 21 July 2014. Four Palestinians were killed and 50 others wounded when Israeli shells struck a hospital in central Gaza, despite a call by the UN Security Council for a truce. The international community on Monday stepped up efforts to mediate for a truce between Israel and Hamas, as the death toll in the Gaza Strip neared 550. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

epa04325402 Palestinians inspect a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in the Gaza City, 21 July 2014. Tens of thousand of Palestinians living in the area which is in close proximity left their houses in the past days to seek shelter from an Israeli ground invasion. Israel was pressing its ground operation into southern Gaza, after infantry soldiers entered the coastal enclave three days ago in order to end rocket fire and destroy tunnels leading into Israel, the army said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows the trail of a missile launched by Israel's Iron Dome defence system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, as it intercepts and destroys a rocket launched from Gaza into Israel, on July 21, 2014. US Secretary of State John Kerry is to push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza when he arrives later today in Cairo, President Barack Obama said. "Israel has already done significant damage to Hamas's terrorist infrastructure in Gaza," Obama said in a statement at the White House, adding he had sent his top diplomat to the region to "push for an immediate cessation of hostilities." AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531820097

Israeli soldiers take a break from patrolling the town of Sderot after a group of Hamas militants was detected infiltrating into Israel, Monday, July 21, 2014. The Israeli military said 10 infiltrators were killed after being detected and targeted by Israeli aircraft. Israel invaded Gaza late last week, preceded by a 10-day air campaign. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) ORG XMIT: DV106

epa04325429 Comrades of Israeli army Staff Sergeant Mosh Melako mourning at his funeral on Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, 21 July 2014. Melako was killed by Palestinian militants in battle during Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip. EPA/OMER MESSINGER ISRAEL OUT ORG XMIT: ISR18

epa04325216 Smokes rises during Israeli tanks shelled Al Shejaeiya neighbourhood during a military operation in the east Gaza City, 21 July 2014. Tens of thousand of Palestinians living in the area which is in close proximity left their houses in the past days to seek shelter from an Israeli ground invasion. Israel was pressing its ground operation into southern Gaza, after infantry soldiers entered the coastal enclave three days ago in order to end rocket fire and destroy tunnels leading into Israel, the army said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

epa04325091 Israeli soldiers rest next to artillery shells from an artillery unit near the Israeli border with Gaza, 21 July 2014. The death toll after 14 days of fighting was at least 509, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said, adding that some 3,150 have been injured. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

HOLON, ISRAEL - JULY 21: Family members of Major Tsafrir Bar-Or seen by the coffin during his funeral on July 21, 2014 in Holon, Israel. Major Tsafrir was killed during the operation 'Protective Edge, raising the number of dead on Israeli side since the beginning of the ground envision to 18. According to Palestinian sources more then 400 killed in Gaza since the begging of the operation. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452475042

Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble of a house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ORG XMIT: KH105

SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 21: An Israeli soldier inspects an Israeli home allegedly hit by a Hamas rocket on July 21, 2014 in Sderot, Israel. Yesterday marked the bloodiest day of the operation "Protective Edge" yet, as 13 Israeli soldiers died and the death toll in Gaza passed 500 people. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452477266

A Palestinian employee inspects damages at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, after the building was shelled by the Israeli army on July 21, 2014, killing five people and wounding at least 70. World efforts to end two weeks of deadly violence in and around Gaza stepped up a gear as the UN chief arrived in Cairo and the top US diplomat was awaited. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531819081

Palestinians stand watching from a whole in a wall as Civil Defence workers remove the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City, on July 21, 2014. The UN Security Council called for an "immediate ceasefire" as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza on Monday taking the Palestinian death toll above 500. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531814140

Israeli soldiers hold positions at an army deployment near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 21, 2014, after militants from Gaza infiltrated southern Israel through two tunnels. More than 10 militants from Gaza who accessed Israel were shot dead the Israeli army's official spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531813026

A Palestinian family watch rescuers searching for bodies and survivors under the rubble of a homes which were destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ORG XMIT: KH104

An injured Israeli soldier is evacuated from near the Israeli border with Gaza Strip on July 21, 2014, following heavy fights between Israeli soldiers to Palestinian militants. The UN Security Council called for an "immediate ceasefire" as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza taking the Palestinian death toll above 500. The Israeli army said 13 soldiers were killed inside Gaza on July 21, raising to 18 the number of troops killed since the ground operation began late on July 17. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531812363

Palestinian Civil Defence workers search for survivors amidst the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City, on July 21, 2014. The UN Security Council called for an "immediate ceasefire" as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza on Monday taking the Palestinian death toll above 500. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531814022

Smoke from Israeli strikes rise over Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 21, 2014. The first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price Sunday: It killed 65 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers and forced thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, reportedly used to launch rockets at Israel and now devastated by the fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP101

TOPSHOTS An Israeli soldier gestures on a Merkava tank, as part of the Israeli army deployment near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2014. The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on July 20 was at least 100. It was the bloodiest single day in the battered enclave in five years, taking the Palestinian toll on the 13th day of Israel's Gaza offensive to 438. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: - ORIG FILE ID: 531813892

epaselect epa04323969 Palestinians paramedics lift the body of a man from the Al Shejaeiya neighbourhood, during a brief period of ceasefire requested by local rescue forces to retrieve dead and wounded from the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City, 20 July 2014. According to news sources over 50 people died in Shuja'iyya during heavy shelling by the Israeli army. Israel was pressing its ground operation into southern Gaza, after infantry soldiers entered the coastal enclave three days ago in order to end rocket fire and destroy tunnels leading into Israel, the army said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ORG XMIT: ALS33

epaselect epa04324471 Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of killed Israeli soldier Amotz Greenberg during the military funeral ceremony in the cemetery of Hod Hasharon, Israel, 20 July 2014. Israel announced it has lost 13 soldiers, including officers, in the past 48 hours of the incursion into the Gaza Strip to locate and clear Hamas tunnels. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

epa04324386 An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missiles into the Gaza Strip from the southern Israeli side of the border area during heavy fighting 20 July 2014. Israel announced it has lost 13 soldiers, including officers, in the past 48 hours of the incursion into the Gaza Strip to locate and clear Hamas tunnels. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER ORG XMIT: ISR24

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike hit an area in Gaza City on Sunday, July 20, 2014. Escalating their ground offensive, Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes battled Hamas militants in a crowded neighborhood of Gaza City early Sunday. The fighting, including heavy Israeli tank fire, killed scores of Palestinians, forced thousands to flee and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ORG XMIT: HM136

An Israeli artillery fires a 155mm shell towards targets in the Gaza Strip from their position near Israel's border with the Strip on July 20, 2014. At least 20 people were killed in a big Israeli assault east of Gaza City on Sunday, hiking the overall Palestinian death toll to 370, medics said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531788796

Smoke and flare of an explosion rise after an Israeli missile hit the Shijaiyah neighborhood in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 20, 2014. The neighborhood came under heavy tank fire Sunday as Israel widened its ground offensive against Hamas, causing hundreds of panicked residents to flee. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ORG XMIT: XAH123

Smoke rises in the air as flame spread across buildings after Israeli strikes in Shijaiyah neighbourhood in Gaza City, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Escalating their ground offensive, Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes battled Hamas militants in the crowded neighborhood early Sunday. The fighting, including heavy Israeli tank fire, killed scores of Palestinians, forced thousands to flee and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ORG XMIT: KH113

epa04323431 Israeli strikes seen in the east of Gaza strip along the border between Israel and Gaza City on, 20 July 2014. Since the start of Israel's offensive in Gaza on 08 July, which it says is aimed at ending rocket fire and destroying tunnels leading into Israel, at least 314 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2,270 wounded. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Palestinians chant slogans as they celebrate outside the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, late Sunday, July 20, 2014. The Hamas' armed wing said it has captured an Israeli soldier during fighting in the Gaza Strip. Speaking on a Hamas television station, spokesman Abu Ubaida said "we have captured a Zionist soldier and the occupation has not admitted that." IDF sources said that the Hamas claim sounded dubious. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP155

epa04323930 Two Palestinian men carry a white flag as they flee their homes during a brief period of ceasefire requested by local rescue forces to retrieve dead and wounded from the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City, 20 July 2014. Casualties were mounting in eastern Gaza City, which came under heavy shelling, as Israel widened its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. According to news sources over 50 people died in Shuja'iyya during heavy shelling by the Israeli army. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ019

epa04323908 A Palestinian woman cries as she flees from the Al Shejaeiya neighbourhood, during an Israeli military operation in the east Gaza City, 20 July 2014. Tens of thousand of Palestinians living in the area which is in close proximity left their houses in the past days to seek shelter from an Israeli ground invasion. Israel was pressing its ground operation into southern Gaza, after infantry soldiers entered the coastal enclave three days ago in order to end rocket fire and destroy tunnels leading into Israel, the army said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ORG XMIT: ALS30

SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 20: (ISRAEL OUT) A man stands with an Israeli flag on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2014 near Sderot, Israel. Thirteen Israeli soldiers were killed Sunday in battle in the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of Israeli fatalities over the course of the operation to 20. At least 130 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its ground incursion last week. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452438120

NAHARIYA, ISRAEL - JULY 20: Israeli soldiers weep at the grave of Israeli Sergeant Adar Barsano during his funeral on July 20, 2014 in Nahariya, Israel. Sergeant Barsano was killed along with another IDF soldier on the twelfth day of operation "Protective Edge," when Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from a tunnel dug from Gaza and engaged Israeli soldiers. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452430520

epa04323922 Two Palestinian men carry a dead person as they flee their homes during a brief period of ceasefire requested by local rescue forces to retrieve dead and wounded from the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City, 20 July 2014. Casualties were mounting in eastern Gaza City, which came under heavy shelling, as Israel widened its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. According to news sources over 50 people died in Shuja'iyya during heavy shelling by the Israeli army. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ019

Palestinians flee Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, in the Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Dozens of people were killed in Shijaiyah and many more bodies were believed buried under the rubble of homes, health officials said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP132

Israeli soldiers evacuate their wounded comrades at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 20, 2014. At least 40 Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza, sending thousands fleeing in terror on day 13 of the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531791656

Palestinians flee their homes in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Escalating their ground offensive, Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes battled Hamas militants in the crowded neighborhood early Sunday. The fighting killed scores of Palestinians, forced thousands to flee and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes. Palestinian health officials put the number of displaced at 35,000. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP142

Israeli Merkava tanks deploy near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 20. Israel says its offensive against the Gaza Strip that began on July 8, and which has killed more than 425 Palestinians, is aimed at destroying tunnels used by militants from Hamas and other groups to infiltrate Israeli lines, and stop rocket attacks.

Palestinians paramedics carry a body from the rubble of a destroyed house in the Shejaiya neighborhood. Tens of thousand of Palestinians have left their houses in the past days to seek shelter from an Israeli ground invasion.

Smoke rises from the Shejaiya neighborhood during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City. Israeli infantry soldiers entered the coastal enclave three days ago in order to end rocket fire and destroy tunnels leading into Israel, the army says.

Soldiers are seen advancing towards the Israeli-Gaza border near Sderot, Israel, on July 19.

Palestinian relatives of Mohammed Naser, chant slogans as they carry his body to the family house during his funeral in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Naser and eight others were killed in an early morning Israeli missile strike, official said. (

Suhar Elasem is comforted by relatives prior to the funeral of her four and seven year old sons in Gaza. Both lost their lives when an Israeli tank shell hit the kitchen of the house.

Lebanese army soldiers inspect a make-shift missile launching pad in the southern Lebanese region of Rashaya al-Fakhar on July 19. A rocket fired from Lebanese territory hit northern Israel on July 14, the Israeli army said, without causing casualties.

Palestinians hurls stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes at Howwara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus.

An Israeli army flares illuminate the sky above the Gaza strip on July 18, 2014. At least three people, including two children aged four and seven, were killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531749839

An Israeli Merkava convoy is seen near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 18, 2014, as they prepare to take part in the ground assault on Gaza. Israel warned it could broaden a Gaza ground assault aimed at smashing Hamas's network of cross-border tunnels, as it intensified an operation that has so far killed 274 Palestinians. AFP PHOTO /MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531749778

A Palestinian inspects damage of a house after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israel intensified its 11-day campaign against Hamas by sending in tanks and troops late Thursday after becoming increasingly exasperated with unrelenting rocket fire from Gaza on its cities, especially following Hamas' rejection of an Egyptian cease-fire plan earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ORG XMIT: HM111

epa04320894 Israeli tanks heading towards the Israel border with Gaza Strip at an unspecidied location in Israel, 18 July 2014, following the Israeli army's incursion into the Gaza Strip last night. At least 24 Palestinians were killed overnight 18 July, with dozens more reported injured, as Israel ratcheted up its offensive in the Gaza Strip with ground troops. The first Israeli soldier was also killed in the ground fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military confirmed 18 July. The death toll in the densely populated coastal enclave climbed to 260 people, with 2,000 injured, many of them civilians, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said. EPA/ATEF SAFADI ORG XMIT: ATS12

epaselect epa04320843 A Palestinian family who fled their homes is en route to seek shelter in a UN school in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, 18 July 2014. At least 24 Palestinians were killed overnight into Friday - with dozens more reported injured - officials said, as Israel ratcheted up its offensive in the Gaza Strip with ground troops. The first Israeli soldier was also killed in the ground fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military confirmed 18 July 2014. That means the overall death toll in the densely populated coastal enclave climbed to more than 260, with 2,000 injured, many of them civilians, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ010

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israel intensified its 11-day campaign against Hamas by sending in tanks and troops late Thursday after becoming increasingly exasperated with unrelenting rocket fire from Gaza on its cities, especially following Hamas' rejection of an Egyptian cease-fire plan earlier in the week.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ORG XMIT: HM102

An Israeli army 155mm mobile artillery canon fires a shell from the Israel-Gaza border into the Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he had ordered the military to prepare for a possible significant expansion of the ground operation against Gaza militants. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531737317

An Israeli army 155mm mobile artillery canon fires a shell from the Israel-Gaza border into the Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he had ordered the military to prepare for a possible significant expansion of the ground operation against Gaza militants. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531737060

epa04320882 A Palestinian inspects the destroyed house of the Inteiz family, after Israeli air strikes, in Al Shejaeiya area in the east of Gaza City on, 18 July 2014. Three members of the Inteiz family, Abd Ali Inteiz, 23, Mohammed Salem Inteiz, 2, and Mohammed Ibrahim Inteiz, 12, were killed after Israeli tanks shelled their house in the east of Gaza City. At least 24 Palestinians were killed overnight into 18 July 2014 - with dozens more reported injured - officials said, as Israel ratcheted up its offensive in the Gaza Strip with ground troops. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ORG XMIT: SAB30

epa04320883 A Palestinian worker cleans the morgue of Al Shifa hospital from the blood in Gaza City on, 18 July 2014. The first Israeli soldier was killed in ground fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said. The death toll in the densely populated coastal enclave climbed to 260 people, with 2,000 injured, many of them civilians, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ORG XMIT: SAB39

epa04320897 Israeli tanks heading towards the Israel border with Gaza Strip at an unspecidied location in Israel, 18 July 2014, following the Israeli army's incursion into the Gaza Strip last night. At least 24 Palestinians were killed overnight 18 July, with dozens more reported injured, as Israel ratcheted up its offensive in the Gaza Strip with ground troops. The first Israeli soldier was also killed in the ground fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military confirmed 18 July. The death toll in the densely populated coastal enclave climbed to 260 people, with 2,000 injured, many of them civilians, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said. EPA/ATEF SAFADI ORG XMIT: ATS16

SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 18: An Israeli reservist troop prays near the Israeli-Gaza border on the morning of July 18, 2014 near Sderot, Israel. Late last night Israeli forces escalated their operation with a ground offensive, sending troops into Gaza. More than 250 Palestinians have lost their lives since Israel began operation 'Protective Edge'. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452323888

SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 18: An Israeli reservist troop prays on top of a bull dozer near the Israeli-Gaza border on the morning of July 18, 2014 near Sderot, Israel. Late last night Israeli forces escalated their operation with a ground offensive, sending troops into Gaza. More than 250 Palestinians have lost their lives since Israel began operation 'Protective Edge'. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452323862

An Israeli Apache attack helicopter shoots a missile over the Gaza Strip as seen from Israel's border with Gaza, on July 18, 2014. The death toll in Gaza hit 265 today as Israel pressed a ground offensive on the 11th day of an assault aimed at stamping out rocket fire, medics said. AFP PHOTO /MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531738554

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israel intensified its 11-day campaign against Hamas by sending in tanks and troops late Thursday after becoming increasingly exasperated with unrelenting rocket fire from Gaza on its cities, especially following Hamas' rejection of an Egyptian cease-fire plan earlier in the week.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ORG XMIT: HM107

This image made from video shot through a night vision scope released by the Israeli military on Friday, July 18, 2014 shows a tank in the Gaza Strip during a ground offensive. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces) ORG XMIT: CAIMA108

This image made from video shot through a night vision scope released by the Israeli military on Friday, July 18, 2014 shows troops moving a wall during the early hours of a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces) ORG XMIT: CAIMA111

This image made from video released by the Israeli military on Friday, July 18, 2014 shows a tank crossing into the Gaza Strip at the Israel-Gaza border at the beginning of a ground offensive Thursday, July 17, 2014. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces via AP video) ORG XMIT: CAIMA103

TOPSHOTS 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 COEXTHOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531737200

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 COEXTHOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531718852

epaselect epa04319447 A Palestinian women comforted by a relative while sitting in her house which was badly damaged in an overnight air strike by Israeli Defense Forces, 17 July 2014. An Israeli delegation left Cairo 17 July 2014 after talks with Egyptian officials on a proposed long-term truce for the Gaza Strip. A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Gaza, and is is due to take effect 06:00 local time on 18 July 2014. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ012

epa04319500 Israeli soldiers stand next to 155mm artillery shells with mounted detonators prepared for Israeli self-propelled 155mm howitzers of an artillery unit at an unspecified location next to the Israeli border with Gaza, shelling toward targets in the Gaza Strip, 17 July 2014. A brief truce was being observed in the Gaza Strip on 17 July as Israel and Hamas suspended nine days of hostilities to allow civilians to stock up on essential supplies. EPA/ATEF SAFADI ORG XMIT: ATS10

An Israeli tank, positioned near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, fires a 155mm 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 KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531707051

A Palestinian girl walks with a toy that she salvaged from debris of the el-Yazje 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) ORG XMIT: AXLP106

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) ORG XMIT: AXLP113

A Palestinian boy holds damaged pages of a Koran, Islam's holy book, as he inspects a building hit by an Israeli air strike before a five-hour truce went into effect, on July 17, 2014 in Gaza City. 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 / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531705543

Palestinians collect belongings in damaged building following an Israeli air strike before a five-hour truce went into effect, on July 17, 2014 in Gaza City. 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 / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531705432

A elderly Palestinian man walks past a heavily damaged building following an Israeli air strike before a five-hour truce went into effect, on July 17, 2014 in Gaza City. 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 / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531705397

epaselect epa04318023 A Palestinian boy looks out an apartment which was damaged by shrapnel when Israeli Defense Force destroyed the adjacent building of senior Hamas official Mahmud al-Zahar in an overnight air strike in Gaza City, 16 July 2014. Reports on 16 July 2014 state that Israel has bombed at least 30 targets in the northern Gaza Strip, after telling more than 200,000 residents they should evacuate the town of Beit Lahiy and the Gaza City neighbourhoods of Sheja'iya and Zeitoun. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ016

epaselect epa04318318 A Palestinian man cries as he holds the dead body of his young brother shortly after he got killed by an Israeli naval bombardment in the port of Gaza City in the morgue of the Shifa hospital in Gaza, 16 July 2014. Four boys died on the spot a fifth boy shortly after in hospital. Israel stepped up its attacks 16 July 2014 by bombing the homes of Hamas leaders after the Islamist movement rejected a truce proposal and instead launched dozens more rockets. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ018

Palestinian firefighters extinguish fire at a house destroyed during an Israeli strike, on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. So far, Israel's campaign, now in its ninth day, has killed 214 Palestinians, with a Gaza-based rights group saying over 80 percent of them were civilians. In the same period, militants have fired more than 1,200 rockets at Israel, which on Tuesday claimed their first Israeli life. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531682382

epa04318470 The father and brother of two of the boys who got killed by an Israeli naval bombardment in the port of Gaza cry during their funeral in Gaza City, 16 July 2014. Four boys died on the spot during an Israeli naval bombardment in the port of Gaza, a fifth boy died shortly after the attack in hospital. Israel stepped up its attacks on 16 July by bombing the homes of Hamas leaders after the Islamist movement rejected a truce proposal and instead launched dozens more rockets into Israel. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ025

GRAPHIC CONTENT A wounded Palestinian child cries while receiving medical care at 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 on Wednesday, 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 ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531677654

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 ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531677814

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) ORG XMIT: XAH106

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 GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531676566

Palestinians inspect the damage of their destroyed 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) ORG XMIT: KH105

epa04318027 A Palestinian man looks at a house destroyed by Israeli Defense Forces during an overnight air strike in Gaza City, 16 July 2014. Reports on 16 July 2014 state that Israel has bombed at least 30 targets in the northern Gaza Strip, after telling more than 200,000 residents they should evacuate the town of Beit Lahiy and the Gaza City neighbourhoods of Sheja'iya and Zeitoun. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ017

A rocket fired by Palestinian militants from inside Gaza Strip makes its way towards Israel, 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) ORG XMIT: ASC102

epa04317860 Israeli woman takes cover at the side of the road as warning sirens for incoming rockets sound near the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi, Israel 16 July 2014. Israel warned residents of the northern Gaza Strip to leave their houses as a Palestinian official said the number of people killed in the coastal enclave from Israeli airstrikes had topped 200 on 16 July 2014. EPA/ABIR SULTAN ORG XMIT: MAL04

epa04317793 An Israeli self-propelled 155 mm howitzer of an artillery unit deployed at an unspecified location next to the Israeli border with Gaza fires toward targets in the Gaza Strip, 16 July 2014. For the second time the Israeli army warned residents in northern Gaza to leave their homes 'for their own safety.' The number of dead in the conflict in Gaza reached more than 200, a Palestinian official said 16 July, as cross-border attacks continued with rockets from militants in the Gaza Strip and airstrikes and artillery shelling from the Israeli military. EPA/ATEF SAFADI ORG XMIT: ATS07_2

epa04318024 A Palestinian man looks out an apartment which was damaged by shrapnel when Israeli Defense Forces destroyed the adjacent building of senior Hamas official Mahmud al-Zahar in an overnight air strike in Gaza City, 16 July 2014. Reports on 16 July 2014 state that Israel has bombed at least 30 targets in the northern Gaza Strip, after telling more than 200,000 residents they should evacuate the town of Beit Lahiy and the Gaza City neighbourhoods of Sheja'iya and Zeitoun. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ013

TOPSHOTS 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 HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531673761

epa04317937 A staff member of the Al Wafa hospital in the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City looks at the remains of an Israeli Defense Forces warning missile, 16 July 2014. The hospital which is located only a few kilometres away from the border to Israel received according to senior staff members several warning missiles and phone calls from Israeli Defense Forces in the past days urging them to evacuate the hospital immediately before it would be destroyed. Foreign activists have gathered in the only rehabilitation hospital in the Gaza Strip to act as human shield for the remaining 14 patients in Al Wafa. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ008

epa04317932 A female activist from France stands between the beds of two patients deployed in a hallway on the ground floor of the Al Wafa hospital in the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City, 16 July 2014. The hospital which is located only a few kilometres away from the border to Israel received according to senior staff members several warning missiles and phone calls from Israeli Defense Forces in the past days urging them to evacuate the hospital immediately before it would be destroyed. Foreign activists have gathered in the only rehabilitation hospital in the Gaza Strip to act as human shield for the remaining 14 patients in Al Wafa. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ005

epa04317449 Rockets are launched from Gaza Strip toward Israeli cities, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, 15 July 2014. Israel resumed airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, safter Palestinian militants refused an Egyptian proposal for an immediate ceasefire deal. Israel's cabinet met in the early morning and agreed to the proposal, after eight days of cross-border fighting with Gaza armed groups killed at least 192 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400. Latest reports spoke of one killed Israeli civilian. EPA/ATEF SAFADI ORG XMIT: ATS11

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on July 15 in Gaza City. Israel resumed attacks on targets in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants from Hamas rejected a cease-fire deal and continued to fire rockets.

epa04317316 Clothes of a Palestinian family are scattered between ruble of their destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, 15 July 2014. Israel resumed airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, after Palestinian militants refused an Egyptian proposal for an immediate ceasefire deal. Israel's cabinet met in the early morning and agreed to the proposal, after eight days of cross-border fighting with Gaza armed groups killed at least 192 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400. Latest reports spoke of one killed Israeli civilian. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

epa04317318 Palestinians inspect the damage of their destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, 15 July 2014. Israel resumed airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, after Palestinian militants refused an Egyptian proposal for an immediate ceasefire deal. Israel's cabinet met in the early morning and agreed to the proposal, after eight days of cross-border fighting with Gaza armed groups killed at least 192 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400. Latest reports spoke of one killed Israeli civilian. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JULY 15: (ISRAEL OUT) Israelis and tourists watch the sky on the beach during a rocket attack fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip on July 15, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As operation 'Protective Edge' enters its eighth day of airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into the Gaza Strip, Egypt had presented a ceasefire agreement proposing a halt to fighting starting at 9am local time which was agreed to by Israel. Hamas did not accept the terms of the agreement and rockets were fired into Israel by Palestinian militants. Israel in turn resumed missile strikes into Gaza. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452186006

Israeli policemen and army officers carry the remains of a rocket fired from Gaza at the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. An Egyptian truce proposal for the conflict in Gaza unraveled Tuesday after the Islamic militant Hamas rejected the plan. Gaza militants launched scores of rockets at Israel, which after halting fire for hours finally responded with what Hamas security said were more than two dozen air strikes.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) ORG XMIT: SEB131

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The Israeli military says it has resumed airstrikes on Gaza after Hamas militants violated a de-escalation brokered by Egypt. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ORG XMIT: SEB115

TOPSHOTS Palestinians search for goods through the rubble of a destroyed building belonging to a charity organization following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 15, 2014. The death toll from Israel's seven-day air campaign against Gaza rose to 186, exceeding that of the last conflict in the besieged Palestinian territory, in 2012. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIBSAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531660309

epa04317195 A Palestinian man looks at a destroyed house following an airstrike by Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza City, 15 July 2014. Israel resumed airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, after Palestinian militants refused an Egyptian proposal for an immediate ceasefire deal. Israel's cabinet met in the early morning and agreed to the proposal, after eight days of cross-border fighting with Gaza armed groups killed at least 192 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ013

Palestinian men look at a destroyed Hamas police station through a wall of a residential compound on July 15 in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

epa04316798 A relative cries as he holds the body of four year old Sara Sheik el Eed during her funeral outside Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 15 July 2014. The girl was killed along with her father and uncle during an overnight drone strike of Israeli Defense Forces in a village outside Rafah. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN ORG XMIT: GAZ008

An Israeli soldiers on top a military vehicle near the Israel Gaza Border, early Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The Israeli Cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to end a week of conflict with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has killed 185 Palestinians and exposed millions of Israelis to Hamas rocket fire. No Israelis have been killed as a result of Hamas rocket launches. A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian militant group rejects an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ORG XMIT: ASC104

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Egypt presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end a week of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has left at least 185 people dead, and both sides said they were seriously considering the proposal. The late-night offer by Egypt marked the first sign of a breakthrough in international efforts to end the conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP101

A photo taken on July 15, 2014 from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows Israeli army flares falling into the Palestinian enclave. Israel's security cabinet was to meet early on July 15 to discuss Egyptian proposals for a truce in Gaza, a senior official said, as an aerial campaign against Hamas entered its eighth day. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: - ORIG FILE ID: 531642291

epa04315837 Immense Israeli fire power on show as tanks are positioned in a base near the border with the Gaza Strip, 15 July 2014 as Israel continues to reinforce its troop and equipment presence along the border in case it decides to put troops into the Gaza Strip. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER ORG XMIT: ISR02

A Palestinian protester clashes with an Israeli soldier at the Israeli maned checkpoint at the entrance of the northern Palestinian city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank on July 14, 2014, as they demonstrate against the ongoing Israeli air campaign against Gaza militants which has risen to 176, a quarter of the victims children, a UN official said. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEHJAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531637099

Palestinian relatives mourn at their home before the funeral of Adham Abed el-Al, who died the day before in an Israeli airstrike on July 14, 2014 in Gaza City. Israel kept up its punishing raids on Gaza on July 14, 2014, but held off from a threatened ground incursion as the world intensified efforts to broker a truce. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531630457

Palestinians look at the damage to a mosque following an overnight Israeli missile strike in Deir El Baleh, Gaza Strip, Monday, July 14, 2014. The Israeli military said it downed a drone on Monday along the country's southern coastline, the first time it encountered an unmanned aircraft since the campaign against Gaza Strip militants began last week. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP101

A Palestinian mourner cries in a house after the bodies of Mousa Abu Muamer, 56, and his son Saddam, 27, who were killed in an overnight Israeli missile strike at their house in the outskirts of the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, were brought in for their funeral, Monday, July 14, 2014. Saddam's wife, Hanadi, 27, was also killed in the attack. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP116

A Palestinian man carries boxes of goods that he received at an aid distribution centre of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on July 14, 2014 in Gaza City. UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to scrap plans for a ground offensive, saying "too many" Palestinian civilians had been killed as the death toll from its punishing air campaign hit 172, with another 1,230 wounded. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531631207

Palestinians look at the damage to a mosque following an overnight Israeli missile strike in Deir El Baleh, Gaza Strip, Monday, July 14, 2014. Israel began its campaign against militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip last Tuesday, saying it was responding to heavy rocket fire from the densely populated territory. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP119

SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 14: Israelis check their cell phones while waiting for outgoing rocket fire or Israeli airstrikes from a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip on July 14, 2014 in Sderot, Israel. 'Protective Edge' has entered a seventh day as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to carry out massive airstrikes across the Gaza Strip with reports suggesting over 166 people have been killed, the majority of whom are civilians. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452151224

Workers of the Israel Electric company take cover as a siren warning of incoming rockets is heard near the Israel and Gaza border, Monday, July 14, 2014. Israel began airstrikes Tuesday against militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in what it says was a response to heavy rocket fire out of the densely populated territory. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) ORG XMIT: TSA118

Palestinians drive by the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli missile strike during the week-long conflict in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: AXLP139

A Palestinian man walks through wreckage of a destroyed house following an overnight Israeli missile strike in Gaza City.

An Israel soldiers prepares to launch a Skylark I unmanned drone aircraft, at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. It is used for monitoring purposes.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl inspects the damage at an UNRWA school following an Israeli strike that targeted a nearby police station on July 14, 2014 in Gaza City. UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to scrap plans for a ground offensive.

Smoke rises in Gaza City after an Israeli missile strike.

A Palestinian man inspects a destroyed house in Gaza City following an overnight Israeli missile strike.

Israeli police sappers examine the scene of a rocket strike in Ashdod, Israel.

Israelis take cover in an outdoor bomb shelter as warning sirens for incoming rockets sound, in Nitzan.

A Palestinian boy walks through debris from a house that was destroyed by an overnight airstrike in Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip.

Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of the Abu Muamar family in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The family of three was killed in an airstrike.

Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of the Abu Muamar family in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

A soldier walks through Israeli artillery smoke at the Israeli-Gaza border.

An Israeli police officer digs through the rubble of a home, in Kfar Aza, Israel, hit by a rocket launched from inside Gaza.

epa04314063 An Israeli 155mm artillery unit located next to the Israeli border with Gaza, fires toward targets in the Gaza Strip, 13 July 2014. The Israeli army warned residents in northern Gaza to leave their homes 'for their own safety.' The Israeli military said Hamas militants fired 36 rockets on 12 July 2014, two of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system. EPA/ATEF SAFADI ORG XMIT: ATS17

SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 13: A man uses binoculars while waiting to watch Israeli attacks inside Gaza from the top of a hill on the sixth day of Israel's operation 'Protective Edge' on July 13, 2014 in Sderot, Israel. Hundreds of foreigners fled Gaza today as Israeli ground troops entered northern Gaza to take out missle launch sites. The IDF continues to carry out massive airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, that has so far killed more than 160 people, the majority of whom are civilians. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452103824

A picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot shows rockets being fired from the Gaza strip into Israel, on July 13, 2014. A rocket fired from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on July 13, 2014, falling on open ground and causing no casualties, an army spokeswoman told AFP. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: - ORIG FILE ID: 531613396

Israeli residents, mostly from the southern Israeli city of Sderot, shows the remains of a rocket, on July 13, 2014. Israel sharpened its campaign against Gaza Sunday, warning Palestinians in the north to flee after marines mounted a ground attack, as diplomatic efforts to halt the bloodshed intensified. So far, no Israelis have been killed, although militants in Gaza have pounded the south and centre of the country with about 715 rockets since the fighting began on July 8 and army spokeswoman told AFP tonight. Around 160 had been intercepted, she said. Also, for the first time during the Israeli operation, a rocket fired from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan heights but landed on empty ground, causing no casualties. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: - ORIG FILE ID: 531613885

epa04314568 Smoke rises after an attack by Israeli aircraft on the east of Gaza City, 13 July 2014. Israeli naval commandos raided a site in the Gaza Strip used by Hamas to fire rockets into Israel, the military said 13 July 2014, the sixth day of a major offensive that has left at least 165 Palestinians dead. It is believed to be the first time ground forces have been used by Israel in the conflict and came amid intense Israeli airstrikes in response to a barrage of Hamas rockets fired toward Tel Aviv and elsewhere. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ORG XMIT: SAB02

SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 13: Civilians and members of the media wait to see Israeli attacks inside Gaza from the top of a hill on the sixth day of Israel's operation 'Protective Edge' on July 13, 2014 in Sderot, Israel. Hundreds of foreigners fled Gaza today as Israeli ground troops entered northern Gaza to take out missle launch sites. The IDF continues to carry out massive airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, that has so far killed more than 160 people, the majority of whom are civilians. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500670307 ORIG FILE ID: 452103754

CAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS THE HOUSE WAS THAT OF POLICE CHIEF'S COUSIN - Palestinians look at the damaged house of a cousin of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Sunday, July 13, 2014. The strike that hit the home and damaged a nearby mosque as evening prayers ended Saturday, killed at least 18 people, wounded 50 and left some people believed to be trapped under the rubble, said Palestinian Health Ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ORG XMIT: XAH102

CAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS THE HOME WAS THAT OF POLICE CHIEF'S COUSIN - Palestinian mourners carry the body of a member of the al-Batsh family who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during a funeral procession in Gaza City, Sunday, July 13, 2014. A strike hit the home of a cousin of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh and damaged a nearby mosque as evening prayers ended Saturday, killing at least 18 people, wounding 50 and leaving some people believed to be trapped under the rubble, said Palestinian Health Ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ORG XMIT: HM120

Palestinians walk past one of the houses of the al-Batsh family, demolished by a recent Israeli strike.

Palestinian mourners chant slogans during a funeral procession of a member of the al-Batsh family who were killed in Saturday's Israeli airstrike, during a funeral procession in Gaza City on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The strike hit the home of a cousin of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh and damaged a nearby mosque as evening prayers ended Saturday, killing at least 18 people, wounding 50 and leaving some people believed to be trapped under the rubble.

An Israeli soldier talks to a comrade, atop their armored personnel carrier at a staging area on the Israel Gaza border on Sunday, July 13, 2014. Israel briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early Sunday as its military warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes, part of a widening offensive that has killed more than 160 Palestinians.

Children play next to their sleeping father after they fled from Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, and found shelter in a UN school in Gaza City. Israeli Defense Forces dropped leaflets urging civilians to leave the area as they plan heavy shelling of militant's rocket launch sites in the area.

A man who fled the northern Gaza Strip, sleeps in a UN school which was transformed into a shelter in Gaza City.

An Israeli soldier stands on his tank at a staging area on the Israel Gaza border, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Israel briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early Sunday as its military warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes, part of a widening offensive that has killed more than 160 Palestinians.

Under mosquito netting, an Israeli soldier sleeps in an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians carry the body of Islamic Jihad militant Mohammed Sowelim, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, during his funeral in Jabaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip on July 12.

Israeli artillery shell targets in the Gaza Strip on July 12.

An Israeli hugs his child outside a shelter as a siren warning of incoming rockets is heard in Beersheba, Israel.

Relatives of Palestinian Fatah member Saleh al-Khatib, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, grieve during his funeral in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

Israelis inspect the damage of a house after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza in Beer Sheva, Israel on July 12.

Palestinian children look at the rubble of a destroyed mosque following an Israeli military strike in the Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 12.

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 West Bank on July 11.

A Palestinian man inspects damage caused by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on July 11, 2014.

Palestinians carry a victim from a destroyed home after an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, Gaza. Five Palestinians, including a woman and 7-year-old child, died when the militant's house was struck.

A missile is launched by an Iron Dome battery in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. The short-range missile-defense system is designed to intercept and destroy incoming rockets.

Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform traditional Friday prayers outside the Old City in East Jerusalem. The Israeli authority has forbidden access to the Al-Aqsa mosque to Muslim men under 50 years old. The Dome of the Rock mosque, part of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, is in the background.

An Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza, sends debris and smoke into the sky.

Palestinian firemen douse flames burning the peace activist boat, Gaza's Ark, in Gaza City, following an Israeli air strike.

An Israeli soldier sleeps on a truck behind mobile artillery-unit shells near the Israel-Gaza border.

An Israeli soldier prays next to shells for his mobile artillery unit near the Israel-Gaza border.

Spanish soldiers from UN peacekeeper force UNIFIL and Lebanese soldiers inspect rockets found in El-Mari, Lebanon, near the Israel border. Missiles were fired into Israeli territory from Lebanon early on July 11, 2014.

Palestinians inspect a destroyed house where five members of a family were killed by an Israeli missile strike in Rafah refugee camp, Gaza Strip.

Relatives and friends of the al-Hajj family gather in a mosque, on July 10 to pray over the bodies of eight family members during their funerals in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

A man holds a Palestinian flag near the Israeli embassy in Athens, Greece, during a demonstration by Palestinians and Greeks protesting Israeli air strikes on the Gaza strip.

Israeli bulldozers roll along the southern border with the Gaza Strip following airstrikes there.

Palestinians hold their passports at a gate as they try to cross into Egypt from the Gaza Strip in Rafah.

Palestinians at the border of the Gaza Strip climb over a gate as they try to cross into Egypt.

Palestinians climb a wall over as they try to cross into Egypt at the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah.

A man inspects the rubble of a house in Gaza City that was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike.

People survey damage to a house in Netivot, Israel that was caused by a rocket from the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli tank patrols near the with the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

Israelis watch the activity in Tel Aviv, Israel, where remnants of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants landed after being shot down by Israel.

Palestinians inspect a destroyed vehicle after an airstrike in Jabalya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli soldier aboard an armored personnel carrier monitors their position near the border with the Gaza Strip.

Israelis take cover in an underground parking area as sirens sound during a rocket attack in Tel Aviv, Israel that was fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip.

People in Tel Aviv, Israel, protest against the war on the Gaza strip.

Flames erupt from a building hit by an Israeli air strike on in Gaza City.

An Israeli naval boat patrols in the Mediterranean Sea near the Israel-Gaza Border.

Israeli soldiers patrol along the beach near the Israel-Gaza Border.

A Palestinian youth ducks during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the gates of the Beit El Jewish settlement in the Israel occupied West Bank near Ramallah, early on July 9.

An Israeli missile hits an area in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian mourners carry, on July 9, the bodies of five Hamad family members who were killed in an Israeli missile strike late the night before, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip.

Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of one of the five members of the Hamad family who were killed in an Israeli missile strike late.

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Two Palestinian girls inspect the ruble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp in the soutern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian activists burn tires and throw stones near the Israeli settlement of Bet El, near Ramallah, West Bank, early on July 9. They protested against the Israeli military offensive on Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers prepare their tanks in a deployment area on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.

Smoke billows up during an Israeli air strike in the Palestinian coastal enclave, as seen from Israel.

An Israeli tank moves into position on the Israel-Gaza Border, on July 8.

Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian man inspects a damaged house after an Israeli missile strike hit Gaza City on July 8.

Palestinian men inspect the site of an Israeli military strike in Gaza City.

An Israeli soldier performs a morning prayer in an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian salvages what he can from the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike.

An Israeli Apache helicopter shoots a missile over the Gaza Strip as seen from Israel's border with Gaza.

People gather around a vehicle destoyed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City.

A missile is launched from the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, by an "Iron Dome" battery. It is a short-range missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells.

The father of killed Hamas militant Rashad Yassin, 28, arrives at the morgue of the al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza strip.

Palestinians inspect the wreckage of vehicle was hit by an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City.

Palestinians search through the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike in Gaza City.

Palestinians try to salvage what they can of their belongings from the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike in Gaza City.

Smoke and fire rise from an Israeli missle strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Masked militants march with guns as they attend the funeral of the two Fatah militants in central Gaza Strip's Bureij refugee camp.

Israeli soldiers stand near tanks positioned on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip.

epa04303652 Palestinian mourners carry the body of militant Marwan Isleem, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike the previous night, during his funeral in the Al Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip on, 07 July 2014. Reports statethat Israeli air strikes killed at least seven militants in Gaza overnight. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT ORG XMIT: MAN02

An Israeli soldier drives an armoured personnel carrier vehicle on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip. Israeli air strikes on Gaza, that killed at least seven Palestinian militants overnight, came after a day in which armed groups fired at least 25 rockets and mortar rounds at southern Israel.

Israeli soldiers carry equipment near the Israel-Gaza border in Israel. The Islamic militant group Hamas that rules Gaza vowed revenge on Israel for the death of several of its members killed in an airstrike early July 7.

Palestinian relatives of Abed Rahman al-Zamli, gather around his body at the morgue of the Najar hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip. He was a member of the Ezz Al-Din Al Qassam brigade, the military wing of Hamas.

Israeli riot police watch over an area in Shuafat, East Jerusalem on July 7, during clashes with Palestinian protestors.

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike hit Gaza City.

Masked Palestinian protesters from the West bank city of Hebron, stand watch as they clash with Israeli soldiers on July 6.

Masked Palestinian protesters from the West bank city of Hebron, collect wood for fires during clashes with Israeli soldiers on July 6.

Palestinian relatives of two dead fighters gather at a morgue in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on July 6. Two Palestinian fighters were killed and another wounded late Sunday by an Israeli drone strike in the Gaza Strip.

Tariq Abu Khder, a teenager who was allegedly beaten while in police custody, is hugged by his mother following a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrates Court on July 6. He was arrested in Shuafat during violent clashes with Israeli riot police and was given nine days house arrest while authorities continue to look into the matter.

Israeli soldiers stand by armored personal carriers at the Israel-Gaza border near the city of Sderot, Israel. The Israeli army started new deployments at the border.

Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, a U.S. citizen, is escorted by Israeli prison guards during an appearance at Jerusalem magistrate's court, on July 6, 2014. Israeli police said he resisted arrest, attacked officers and was carrying a slingshot for lobbing stones when he was arrested. Relatives say he was beaten and arrested by Israeli police during clashes sparked by the July 3 killing of his cousin Mohammed Abu Khdeir.

Israeli military patrols the streets in the West bank city of Hebron early, on July 6.

A Palestinian youth inspects the rubble of a house that was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on uly 6. The Israeli airstrikes targeted what the army said were militant sites including rocket launchers and a weapons manufacturing site.

Palestinian youths inspect a house detroyed by an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli border police charge at Palestinian protestors during clashes in the Israeli Arab city of Ar'Ara in northen Israel, on July 5.

Palestinian protestors throw fireworks at Israeli border police during clashes in the Israeli Arab city of Ar'Ara in northern Israel.,

Tear gas canisters land as Palestinian stone throwers clash with Israeli security forces, on July 4, following a weekly protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the northern city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli soldiers take positions during clashes with Palestinians on July 2 in Jenin, West Bank. Fighting erupted after the discovery of the body of Palestinian teenager, a possible victim of a revenge attack for the killing of three Israeli teenagers who disappeared June 12 in the West Bank.

epa04295306 Police vehicles arrive near the crime scene where a Palestinian teenager was found dead in a forest region near Jerusalem, Israel, 02 July 2014. Media reports state that police is investigating the possibility that the Palestinian youth was abducted and murdered as an act of revenge for the abduction and killing of three Israelis teenage boys. Their bodies were found 30 June under a pile of rocks near the West Bank town of Halhul, some five kilometres north of Hebron, by teams of volunteers and Israeli troops combing the area. EPA/ABIR SULTAN ORG XMIT: ABS103

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JULY 02: Palestinian youths clash with Israeli Police near to the house of murdered Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdair, in Jerusalem on July 2, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli Police found a burnt body in a forest west of Jerusalem, early on Wednesday morning, in what appears to have been a revenge kidnapping and murder carried out by right-wing Israeli extremists after three Israeli teenage boys were found dead on Monday north of the Palestinian town Halhul, near Hebron. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 500284415 ORIG FILE ID: 451595894

A Palestinian argues with Israeli border police in Jerusalem on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. The suspected abduction of an Arab teen followed by the discovery of a body in Jerusalem on on Wednesday ignited clashes between Israeli police and stone-throwing Palestinians, who saw it as a revenge attack for the killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) ORG XMIT: DV103

Palestinian protestors throw stones toward Israeli police during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in Israeli-annexed Arab East Jerusalem, on July 2, 2014, after a Palestinian teenager was kidnapped and killed in an apparent act of revenge for the murder by militants of three Israeli youths. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLIAHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531310228

Israeli security forces point their weapons toward Palestinian protestors during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in Israeli-annexed Arab East Jerusalem, on July 2, 2014, after a Palestinian teenager was kidnapped and killed in an apparent act of revenge for the murder by militants of three Israeli youths. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLIAHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531310498

TOPSHOTS A Palestinian protestor directs fireworks toward Israeli police during clashes in Shuafat neighborhood in Israeli-annexed Arab East Jerusalem, on July 2, 2014, after a Palestinian teenager was kidnapped and killed in an apparent act of revenge for the murder by militants of three Israeli youths. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLIAHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 531310833

A Palestinian cleans up after Palestinians reported Jewish settlers had burned a house in Aqrabeh village, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. A tiny fringe group of radical Israeli settlers have been carrying out acts of vandalism in recent years to protest what they perceive as the Israeli government's pro-Palestinian policies and in retaliation for Palestinian attacks. The vandals have targeted mosques, churches, dovish Israeli groups and even Israeli military bases in these so-called "price tag" assaults. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) ORG XMIT: NI103

A Palestinian injured during clashes with Israeli army soldiers in the early morning is treated at a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Tensions have mounted between Israel and the Palestinians after the bodies of three Israeli teens were found in the West Bank more than two weeks after they went missing. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) ORG XMIT: MB116