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Hamas kills 18 suspected informers to deter leaks

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August 22, 2014 11:24 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, July 21, 2014, Palestinians pray over Hamas flag-draped bodies of 17 members of the Abu Jamea immediate and extended family, killed by an Israeli strike at their house, during their funeral at the main mosque in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. In the grisly math of the Israel-Hamas war, conflicting counts of combatants and civilians killed in Gaza are emerging - with the ratio perhaps more important to shaping international opinion of the monthlong conflict than any final toll. U.N. researchers and local rights groups say three-fourth of some 1,900 dead were civilians, while the Israeli military estimates the split is closer to 50-50. Those doing the tallies use different methods and standards to make that all important determination of who is a civilian. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

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In Gaza, dispute over civilian vs combatant deaths

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August 8, 2014 7:07 pm

A Palestinian youth carries blankets donated to the United Nations school where hundreds of families sought refuge after fleeing their homes due to heavy Israeli missile strikes in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes and are staying in 77 UN shelters, according to UNRWA, the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians. The number of people who have been forced to seek shelter has increased nearly six-fold since the start of Israel's ground operation. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Casualty numbers raise questions about Gaza war

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July 24, 2014 12:05 am

Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble of a house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Gaza death toll rises as truce effort intensifies

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July 22, 2014 1:21 am

Palestinian mourners gather around the bodies of three siblings of the Abu Musallam family during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 18, 2014. Ismail Abu Musallam said three of his children: Ahmed, 11; Walaa, 14, and Mohammed, 16, were in bed when an Israeli shell slammed into the home, burying them under debris. His personal tragedy is not unique: minors make up almost one-fifth of those killed in Israel's 11-day bombardment of Hamas targets in densely populated Gaza, where half the population is under the age of 18. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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1 in 5 of Gaza dead are children

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July 18, 2014 9:51 pm