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A Palestinian inspects a house which police said was damaged in an Israeli air strike that destroyed a neighboring house in Deir El-Balah in the central Gaza Strip | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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A Palestinian inspects a house which police said was damaged in an Israeli air strike that destroyed a neighboring house in Deir El-Balah in the central Gaza Strip July 14, 2014. Israel appeared to hold off on a threatened escalation of its week-old Gaza Strip barrage on Monday despite balking at Western calls for a ceasefire with an equally defiant Hamas. The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 166 Palestinians – among them about 138 civilians, including 30 children – have died during six days of warfare, and more than 1,000 wounded. Israel says its offensive is intended to halt rocket fire at its cities from the Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)