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
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
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
Palestinians walk next to the collapsed minaret of a destroyed mosque in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 30 July 2014. The mosque was destroyed in an overnight Israeli airstrike. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
Palestinian take a close up look at an Israeli warhead that failed to explode on the side of a road during a ceasefire which was broken shortly after in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 01 August 2014. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
Rescue workers retrieve a body from under the Al-Qassam mosque following an overnight Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, 09 August 2014. Israeli attacks have destroyed 63 mosques since the Gaza Strip offensive began on 08 July, reported the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Affairs. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
A Palestinian paramedic touches the hand of a dead girl in the overflowing morgue of the Shifa hospital in 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. 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/OLIVER WEIKEN
Palestinians mourn the death of a relative, who died when a UN school used as a shelter for internally displace people came under Israeli shelling in the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, 30 July 2014. Dozens of Palestinians were killed in another night of heavy airstrikes and artillery on the Gaza Strip overnight, including the deadly shelling of a an emergency refugee centre. According to medics at least 17 people were killed. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
A Palestinian boy looks skywards while others inspect the damage of a car hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, 31 July 2014. According to medics at least three people were injured. The death toll in the Gaza Strip after more than three weeks of airstrikes and shelling has topped 1,400, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
Palestinians look on during ongoing rescue works to retrieve bodies buried under the Al-Qassam mosque following an overnight Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, 09 August 2014. Israeli attacks have destroyed 63 mosques since the Gaza Strip offensive began on 08 July, reported the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Affairs. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
A man who fled from Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, sleeps in a UN school which was transformed into a shelter in Gaza City, 13 July 2014. 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. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
A doctor cries while standing next to a table with the bodies of four dead children in overflowing morgue of the Shifa hospital in 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. 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/OLIVER WEIKEN
he feet of a dead Palestinian boy hang from a table in the overflowing morgue of the Shifa hospital in 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. 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/OLIVER WEIKEN EDITORS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
Two Palestinian girls run past a destroyed ambulance car 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. According to news sources over 50 people died in Shuja'iyya during heavy shelling by the Israeli army. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
A young Palestinian girl who got injured when a UN school for refugees was allegedly hit by a Israeli tank shells, lies on a hospital bed in the emergency room of Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, 24 July 2014. At least 16 Palestinians were killed, among them seven children, and some 200 injured when an UN-operated school north of Gaza City was struck by Israeli tank shells, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Witnesses, who were in the school run by the United Nations for Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA), said Israeli tanks fired four shells at the school. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
Palestinians first responders rush a man who got injured when a UN school for refugees was according to medics hit by an Israeli tank shell cry in the over crowded emergency room of Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia, 24 July 2014. At least 16 Palestinians were killed, among them seven children, and some 200 injured when an UN-operated school north of Gaza City was struck by Israeli tank shells, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Witnesses, who were in the school run by the United Nations for Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA), said Israeli tanks fired four shells at the school. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
Palestinians walk past an unexploded Israeli tank shell outside Beit Hanoun northern Gaza Strip, 26 July 2014. Dozens of Palestinian bodies were recovered from rubble in the Gaza Strip, medics said, in the middle of a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire. Since the start of Israel's offensive 900 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, most of them civilians, and about 6,000 injured. The Israeli government launched the offensive saying the goal was to curb rocket fire from Gaza. Since the ground operation started a week earlier, the objective has been expanded to target tunnels penetrating from Gaza into Israel. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN