Geography of the Gaza Strip

Kerry also called for a renewed commitment to achieving peace in the Middle East during a Gaza reconstruction conference

Palestinians say 2,122 died in conflict so far

GAZA STRIP -- Two Palestinians were killed overnight as Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll in the conflict to 2,122.

This was announced by Palestinian sources.

Marking the first day of the new school year in Gaza, dozens of children lined up in the courtyard early on Sunday morning to sing the Palestinian national anthem.
      
But this year, class did not begin.
      

The death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip rose above 2,000 on Aug. 18, the health ministry said as more people injured in over a month of fighting with the Israelis succumbed to their wounds.
      
According to a ministry statement, a total of 2,016 people were killed and another 10,196 wounded.
      

The Israeli missile tore through the vaulted ceiling and pulverised age-old sandstone. One direct hit destroyed the Omari mosque in Jabaliya and dealt another blow to Gaza's beleaguered heritage.
      
The site is believed to have housed a mosque since the seventh century and parts of the Omari were said to date back to the 14th century.
      

An Associated Press video journalist and a freelance Palestinian translator were killed Aug. 13 when ordnance left over from the Israeli-Hamas war exploded as they were reporting on the conflict's aftermath.

This is yet another picture, similar to the ones we have been seeing in the newspapers since the first day of Israel’s attack on Gaza…

Life has taught me this: Doing politics over human life, the lives of kids, over the blood of the victims is the world’s most disgusting act.

That’s why it pains me when the children murdered in Gaza become a topic in the political arena of a country faraway.

I hate politics.

n Israeli missile struck a building inside the compound housing Gaza's largest hospital on Monday, medics and an AFP correspondent said.
     
 The attack hit a building close to the main gate of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, medics said.
      

n Israeli missile struck a building inside the compound housing Gaza's largest hospital on Monday, medics and an AFP correspondent said.
     
 The attack hit a building close to the main gate of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, medics said.