The death toll in Gaza has reached over 700 Thursday as Israeli tank fire killed 31 people in pre dawn assaults. Palestnian officials say the dead include an 18 month old baby and six members of the same family.
Over 30 Israelis have been killed in the fighting and in rocket attacks launched by Hamas into Israel.
Intense mediation efforts continue to try to broker a truce between Hamas and Israel, but so far without agreement.
The UN's humanitarian chief Valerie Amos says a ceasefire as "vital" as Gaza residents are running out of food and water
Around one hundred and twenty thousand Palestinians have been forced to leave their homes and are sheltering in schools.
Karl Schembi of the charity Save the Children told Lisa Aziz that the situation for Gaza's children is desperate.
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