The civilian death toll climbed in Israel's air offensive against the Gaza Strip.
At least 425 Palestinians have been killed and 2,000 wounded.
Meanwhile, 4 Israeli civilians have been killed by Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza, which strike southern cities at random.
A United Nations agency said the civilian death toll in Gaza was over 25 percent of the total killed in the violence. A leading Palestinian human rights group put it at 40 percent.
"These injuries are not survivable injuries," said Madth Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor at Gaza's Shifa hospital who could not save a boy who had both feet blown off. "This is a murder. This is a child," he said."
Nine mosques have been hit since last Saturday. "I will pray at home." said one man buying humus from a street stand. Another was defiant: "What better than to die while kneeling before God?" he said.
[Reuters]
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