On This Day — December 27, 2008: Israel started its bombing campaign on Gaza without warning, killing 1,400 Palestinians in total — more than 300 of whom were children — in the space of 22 days. Palestinian armed groups responded, killing 3 Israeli civilians and 6 Israeli soldiers. Israel stated that the aim of their mission — also known as Operation Cast Lead — was to halt rocket fire from Gaza, despite provoking Hamas by killing 6 of their members in a raid that ended a four-month ceasefire. Photo: A Palestinian girl wounded by an Israeli airstrike during Operation Cast Lead screams as she is carried into the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, January 1, 2009. (Getty Images)

On This Day — December 27, 2008: Israel started its bombing campaign on Gaza without warning, killing 1,400 Palestinians in total — more than 300 of whom were children — in the space of 22 days. Palestinian armed groups responded, killing 3 Israeli civilians and 6 Israeli soldiers.

Israel stated that the aim of their mission — also known as Operation Cast Lead — was to halt rocket fire from Gaza, despite provoking Hamas by killing 6 of their members in a raid that ended a four-month ceasefire.

Photo: A Palestinian girl wounded by an Israeli airstrike during Operation Cast Lead screams as she is carried into the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, January 1, 2009. (Getty Images)

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