Why Are So Many Civilians Dying In Hamas-Israel War? -- Ashley Fantz, CNN
(CNN) -- Images from the conflict between Israel and Hamas depict apparent civilians, innocent people caught in the middle. Often, the dead are children.
The Palestinian death toll in Gaza stands at more than 1,800, with nearly 10,000 wounded, Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday. More than 300 children have died, the ministry has reported, as the United Nations repeatedly raises concerns about the high number of deaths in Gaza.
On the Israeli side, 64 Israeli soldiers and three civilians have died since fighting began more than three weeks ago.
Why are the death tolls lopsided? Why so many deaths in Gaza?
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 4, 2014
For Hamas, war in Gaza is a step towards the West Bank -- Hussein Ibish, The National
Gaza conflict: US zigzag between support, criticism of Israel more pronounced -- Howard Lafranchi, CSM
Under American Bombs in Gaza -- Jesse Rosenfeld, Daily Beast
Special Report : The doubt at the heart of Iraq's Sunni 'revolution' -- Ned Parker and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters
Where Will the Islamic State Stop? -- Micah Meadowcroft, The American Spectator
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Monuments Men: The Quest to Save Syria's History -- Katrin Elger, Spiegel Online
Russian war games get under way, unnerving Ukraine -- Fred Weir, CSM
Why Obama's Coercion Strategy in Ukraine Will Fail -- Samuel Charap, National Interest
The Risk of a New Cold War -- Igor Ivanov and Malcolm Rifkind, NYT
Libya's Spectacular Democratic Failure -- Globe and Mail editorial
Obama's Africa Moment -- Jessica Eaton, WSJ
A US-Vietnam Alliance? Not So Fast. -- Teddy Pham, The Diplomat
Ebola Rages in West Africa, Reigniting Humanity’s Oldest Fear: The Plague -- Scott Bixby, The Daily Beast
The best way to treat Ebola patients who return to America -- Celine Gounder, Reuters
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