page_title: Timeline of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
section_title: 21 July
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict / Timeline, weeks 1–4 (7 July – 4 August) / Week 2 / 21 July
caption_attribution_description: English: The 401 armored Brigade operates near the Gaza border,27/7/2014. 日本語: 「境界防衛作戦」（2014年のガザ侵攻）におけるメルカバMk.IV戦車。向かって右側フェンダーの識別マークと砲身の白線から、本車が第401機甲旅団の第3大隊（第9戦車大隊？）に所属することが分かる。2014年7月27日ガザ境界線付近での撮影。
context_page_description: Timeline of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. Over 2014, Palestinians suffered the highest number of civilian casualties since the Six-Day War in 1967, according to a United Nations report, given the July–August conflict, and rising tolls in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. A spike in Israeli casualties also occurred. 2,256 Palestinians and 85 Israelis died, while 17,125 Palestinians, and 2,639 Israelis suffered injuries.
context_section_description: Since the beginning of the operation, IDF has struck some 2,800 targets in Gaza, while 1,497 rockets have been fired from Gaza at Israel.
  During the night, two cells of Palestinian militants attempted to infiltrate Israel using tunnels. While the Israeli Air Force directly hit the first cell, ground troops engaged the second. At least ten militants were killed in the two incidents. During one attack, 10 Palestinians exited the tunnel wearing full IDF uniforms. Four IDF soldiers were killed in the attack when an anti-tank missile hit their jeep. Another three Israeli soldiers were killed in heavy fighting in Shuja'iyya, during which the Israeli Air Force dropped 120 one-ton bombs on the neighborhood, striking within 250 meters of ground troops. Israeli commandos of the Egoz Unit killed 10 Palestinian militants in Shuja'iyya, including one who was carrying an explosive belt. The commander of the Egoz Unit was seriously wounded in the fighting. Two other Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting elsewhere in Gaza. An Israeli officer commanding a paratrooper unit in the Khan Yunis area was fatally shot by a sniper, and would die of his injuries in January 2017.
  An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed Islamic Jihad commander Sha’ban Suleiman al-Dahdouh, a commander in the Islamic Jihad's battalion in Zeitoun.
  Reports from Gaza in the afternoon stated that the IDF shelled a hospital, killing five and injuring many others. The IDF commented on the situation stating that their target was a stock of anti-tank missiles which was stored in the immediate vicinity of the hospital.
  At the Erez Border Crossing, the IDF set up a field hospital for injured Palestinians from Gaza.
  A 21 July CNN report stated that more than 83,000 Palestinians have sought refuge in U.N. facilities with more than 2,000 rockets fired at Israel since the start of the Operation, the latter information from the IDF. That day as well, President of the United States Barack Obama called for a return to the Gaza-Israel cease-fire agreement while also expressing regret at the civilian casualties both in Israel and in Palestine.
caption: An Israeli armored column including Merkava 4m tanks and IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers of the 401st Armored Brigade operating near the Israel-Gaza border
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