A United Nations school sheltering people who have fled Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has been hit by shelling from Israeli shelling, the UN said.
Fighting has now been raging for 16 days and has left more than 650 dead.
A spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said the group had captured an Israeli soldier during fighting in the Gaza Strip. Speaking on a Hamas television station, the masked spokesman, Abu Ubaida, said "we have captured a Zionist soldier and the occupation has not admitted that."
There was no immediate Israeli comment.
In between the bandages, I could see the soreness of Randa’s skin. Her eyes stare out at a world which has been brutal to her.
An Israeli student has started an online campaign in an attempt to encourage respect between Jews and Arabs.
A BBC Arabic reporter was set upon by an angry Israeli bystander in the middle of a live broadcast on the situation in Gaza.