Death toll passes 1,000 in Gaza.

A Palestinian woman reacts at seeing destroyed homes in the northern district of Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip during an humanitarian truce, 26 July 2014 Many Palestinian homes have been destroyed by Israeli air strikes
The death toll in Gaza has passed 1,000, Palestinian medical officials say, 19 days after Israel launched an offensive against Hamas militants.
It comes amid a 12-hour humanitarian truce, which Gaza residents have been using to gather essential supplies and retrieve bodies buried under rubble.
Thirty-nine Israelis have also been killed since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on 8 July.
International talks urging a longer truce were held in Paris on Saturday.
Dozens of bodies have been retrieved from previously inaccessible areas since the truce began at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT), the BBC's Yolande Knell in Gaza reports.
About 5,870 Palestinians have also been wounded in the 19 days of fighting, health officials say.
The Israeli military says it will continue to "locate and neutralise" Hamas tunnels during the pause.
Israel launched its military offensive with the declared objective of stopping Hamas firing rockets from Gaza into Israel.
It began a ground offensive on 18 July, saying it was necessary to destroy tunnels dug by militants to infiltrate Israel.
A rocket is seen as it is fired from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel, 25 July 2014 Palestinian fighters have been firing rockets from Gaza into Israel

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