Palestinians climb over a wall over as they try to cross into Egypt at the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah on Thursday. Egyptian authorities opened the border to let wounded Palestinians cross for medical treatment in Egyptian hospitals.

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on Gaza, seen from the Israel-Gaza border on Thursday.

Palestinian relatives of eight members of the Al Haj family, who were killed in an Israeli missile strike early Thursday morning, grieve in the family house during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Palestinians search in the rubble of a destroyed house where eight members of the Al Haj family were killed in a strike early morning in Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Palestinians hold their passports at a gate as they try to cross into Egypt at the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah on Thursday. Egyptian authorities opened the border to let wounded Palestinian cross for medical treatment at Egyptian hospitals.

Smoke rise following an Israeli strike on Gaza, seen from the Israel Gaza border on Thursday.

Palestinians comfort Yasser Al Haj, who lost eight members of his family in an Israeli missile strike early Thursday in Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip. The Al Haj family never heard it coming. An Israeli missile smashed into their home, killing eight relatives in a matter of seconds.

Israeli army bulldozers move to a staging area on the Israel-Gaza border on Thursday. Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in Gaza on Thursday.