Member of emergency services crew in Gaza; background: house bombed on 10 July 2014. Photo: Ahmad Zakut, Reuters.
According to B'Tselem's initial figures, 172 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip in the time between early Tuesday, 8 July 2014, when Operation Protective Edge airstrikes on Gaza began until the evening of 14 July.
The fatalities include:
34 minors
20 women (under age 60)
10 senior citizens
Initial findings indicate that 43 of the people killed were involved in combat.
