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Armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas continues on the eighth day.
More than 200 deaths have occurred, including children.
This is Park Soo-jin.
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Israeli missiles fly into the building of the religious headquarters operated by Hamas in Gaza.
Buildings hit by bombardment emit black smoke and collapse in an instant.
The sound of gunfire and artillery fire continues throughout the Gaza Strip, where Israeli air strikes have continued on the eighth day.
Between the night of the 16th and the dawn of the 17th local time, the Israeli army mobilized 54 fighters to drop more than 100 precision guided weapons north and south of Gaza.
In the process, Israeli forces say a 100km section of the Hamas underground tunnel was detonated.
It is known that the commander of the northern region of Islamic Jihad was killed in the course of a intensive attack on the home of the commander of the Hamas armed group.
Hamas also launched more than 190 rocket shells at Israel, and the conflict between Israel and Hamas is getting tougher.
The damage is also increasing.
The cumulative death toll exceeded 200 and the injured was 1,300, and among the dead, children were found to be 60.
US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln, who has visited Denmark, said he is very concerned about the escalating armed conflict between the two sides and is willing to support a ceasefire.