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People take part in a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, on July 19, 2014, to protest against Israel's military campaign in Gaza and show their support to the Palestinian people.
Over
350 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's ongoing operation to root out Hamas fighters it says are hiding in Gaza tunnels. Meanwhile, tens of thousands came out to protest the victims of the invasion,
almost 80 percent of whom are civilians.
The United Nations mission in Gaza says that
more than 60,000 people have been displaced as a result of the escalating conflict. Israel has warned Palestinians living
in over half of the country that they may come under fire either from the ground, air or sea.
Together with the mounting death toll, the Palestinian health authorities say that over 2,000 people have been injured.
Around a quarter of the reported victims have been children.
Israeli ground operations, which began on Thursday night, have focused on uncovering a network of underground tunnels - some reportedly as deep as 30 meters - that Hamas had dug near the border, as well as concealed launchpads, from which the Israeli Defense Forces say Hamas militants have launched more than 1,600 rockets since the start of the month.
Thirteen of the 34 tunnel shafts reportedly discovered so far go underneath the overland barrier, and into Israeli territory. Several Hamas fighters infiltrated Israel early on Saturday before engaging in a gunfight with IDF soldiers.
Two Israelis were shot dead.
A Hamas rocket barrage allegedly aimed at the nuclear plant in Dimona instead resulted in the death of a Bedouin man, bringing the Israeli death toll in the conflict to 5 - with
three soldiers, and two civilians among the victims.
The IDF says that up to 4,000 Hamas rockets have been destroyed so far, about half of the estimated arsenal of the militant wing of the group. IDF officials have previously set the dismantling of Hamas rocket-launching capability as its stated goal for the incursion.
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