epa04317788 The crew of an Israeli self-propelled 155 mm howitzer of an artillery unit deployed at an unspecified location next to the Israeli border with Gaza prepares to fire toward targets in the Gaza Strip, 16 July 2014. For the second time the Israeli army warned residents in northern Gaza to leave their homes ‘for their own safety.’ The number of dead in the conflict in Gaza reached more than 200, a Palestinian official said 16 July, as cross-border attacks continued with rockets from militants in the Gaza Strip and airstrikes and artillery shelling from the Israeli military. EPA/ATEF SAFADI