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Nine-year-old Yara (left) and five-year-old Rula (right) were killed alongside several family members on Sunday Image caption: Nine-year-old Yara (left) and five-year-old Rula (right) were killed alongside several family members on Sunday

Of the 219 people killed in Gaza at least 63 are children, according to its health ministry, while of the 10 people killed in Israel, two children are among the dead, the country's medical service says.

Among the children killed in Gaza were sisters Yara, 9, and Rula, 5 from the al-Kawalek family. Both had been receiving treatment for trauma from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

The al-Kawaleks were polite girls who always did their homework on time, one of their teachers, who did not want be named, told the BBC.

Ido Avigal, five, who was killed in a Hamas rocket attack Image caption: Ido Avigal, five, who was killed in a Hamas rocket attack

The youngest victim on the Israeli side is thought to be Ido Avigal, a five-year-old boy killed last Wednesday in the southern town of Sderot.

Ido was killed inside a fortified room in what the Israeli military described as an "incredibly rare" incident.

Rocket shrapnel pierced the protective metal plating used to cover the window of the room he was in, also injuring his mother and seven-year-old sister. He died of his injuries hours later.

Ibrahim al-Masry was playing with his siblings in the front yard of their home in a northern neighbourhood of Gaza last week, when a strike hit, according to reports.

"We were laughing and having fun, when suddenly they began to bomb us, everything around us caught fire," his brother told the AFP news agency .

You can read more about the children who have died in the fighting here.