Almost 1,900 Palestinians, mostly
civilians, have been killed since the launch of Israel's Operation Protective
Edge at the beginning of July.
Some 66 Israelis -
all but two of them soldiers - have also died in the
mission to destroy rockets and tunnels used by the militant Islamist group
Hamas.
What do we know about who died and where they were killed?
According to figures from the UN's Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), up to 6 August, 1,890
Palestinians had lost their lives in the conflict.
The men, women and children who died
Note: Figures up to 6 August
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If the Israeli attacks have been 'indiscriminate', as the
UN Human Rights Council says, it is hard to work out why they have killed so
many more civilian men than women”
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Quote Anthony Reuben BBC Head of Statistics
Among the dead were 414 children and 87 men and women
over the age of 60.
The youngest to be killed was 10 days old, while the oldest was 100.
While the UN puts the number of militant dead below 200, Israel claims about
900 Palestinian militants were killed in the fighting.
Palestinians were killed right across
Gaza - a strip of land 40km (25 miles) long and 10km wide. The highest
numbers lost their lives in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza, and Gaza City in
the north.
Many took refuge in shelters run by the United Nations, including schools.
However, these UN schools also came under fire, including in North Gaza,
Jabaliya and Rafah.
Meanwhile, two Israeli civilians died in Haifa and near the Erez border
crossing into northern Gaza; and a Thai farm worker was killed in
Ashkelon.
Where people were killed
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