Human Rights Watch has claimed that 80 percent of those killed in Gaza were civilians. The IDF said that half of Palestinians killed were civilians.Fighting resumed immediately after the end of a five-hour humanitarian truce on Thursday requested by the United Nations to allow Palestinians to stock up on food.Israeli ground offensive intended to destroy the extensive network of tunnels built by Hamas terrorists.The dramatic decision followed, by less than 24-hours, an attempted massive attack by 13 terrorists who burrowed into Israel through a tunnel near Kibbutz Sufa, but were discovered and repelled.The IDF also authorized the calling up of an additional 18,000 reserve soldiers as Operation Protective Edge entered its eleventh day.
Hamas continued to fire rockets towards southern and central Israel.Thursday night also marked the beginning of an