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The death toll in Gaza has hit over 1,600 since Israel launched operation Protective Edge on July 8. The international community is pushing the sides to ceasefire as the world opinion rallies against Tel Aviv's operation.
Saturday, August 2
05:19 GMT:
Over 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israel's military in the space of a night, as they made well on their promises to step up their military offensive in retaliation for the alleged kidnapping of one of their soldiers - someone who might have also been killed in last night's shelling of southern Gaza, along with his captors, Naharnet reports.
03:02 GMT:
Hamas believes that the missing Israeli officer was killed in an Israeli bombardment.
"We lost contact with the group of combatants that took part in the ambush, and we believe they were all killed in the bombardment. Assuming that they managed to abduct the soldier during combat, we assess that he was also killed in the incident," the militant organization said in a statement, Haaretz reports.
According to the statement the group said that they were ready for a humanitarian cease-fire and they would not shoot rockets into Israel.
02:05 GMT:
Thousands of people took to London's High Street Kensington to protest against the on-going Israeli military offensive against Gaza.