Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky of Gaza City on early on July 29, 2014. Bloodshed in and around Gaza surged Monday with a strike killing eight Palestinian children and a mortar shell leaving four dead in Israel, shattering hopes for an end to three weeks of devastating violence. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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