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July 24, 2014

U.N.: 1 Child Killed Every Hour in Gaza; School Shelled for 2nd Time 
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The latest attacks in Gaza come after Israel rejected a U.N. request for
a brief humanitarian pause. The United Nations says at least 75 percent
of the dead are civilians, including an estimated 168 children. In the
last two days, Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of one
per hour. More than 4,500 Palestinians have been wounded, and more than
150,000 have been displaced. Israel's recent targets have included an
apartment building where 19 children from one family were killed,
mosques, a hospital and Gaza's sole power plant. The United Nations says
that a school for girls has been hit for the second time in three days.

 

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