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Yasser Al-Dalu was born not long after Israel began its bombardment of Gaza last year following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel.
His mother Noor had been trying for eight years to have a child.
But now, just four months later, Yasser is dead, along with at least 21 others after their house in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza was struck by Israeli missiles.
The child's grandmother Rasha Abu Zaiter has recalled the moment of the attack.
"We were sitting and suddenly the rubble fell on our heads. I don't know how the missiles fell. I was holding the child in my embrace. I was telling, Noor, look at your son. I started nudging the baby, and moving him, slapping him so he could cry, but he didn't, he was still. I do not know what happened, the rubble was all over us suddenly. God just took him. She had him after eight years of struggle, what did he do to deserve this? What did this baby do to deserve this? My sister was killed as well, along with her children and grandchildren. Allah is sufficient for us and he will take care of us."
Gaza health officials say another eight Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli air strike on a house in Rafah, a place where over half of the territory’s 2.3 million people are sheltering.
The area was previously designated as a safe zone by the Israeli military, but is now expecting an Israeli ground invasion in the coming days which humanitarian organisations fear will further jeopardise the safety of civilians.
So far, the Gaza Health Ministry says Israel's assault on Gaza has killed almost 30,000 Palestinians [[29,606]] since the attack on southern Israel which saw Hamas militants kill close to 1,200 people.
In Israel, police have used water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv.
Hebrew news outlet Ynet has reported that one of the freed Israeli hostages, Ilana Gritzewsky, was among the protesters hit by a water cannon.
At least 21 people have also been arrested.
The angry citizens have condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government over its handling of the war in Gaza and its failure to facilitate the return of the estimated 130 hostages still held by Hamas.
Protesters Martin Goldberg and Gali Hendin say the government has failed both Israelis and Palestinians.
Says Goldberg "I want this government to go. This government is the bloodiest government. It is responsible for the demolition of Israeli society, of all good neighbouring ties with the Arab neighbours. Besides the terror which it is conducting among the Palestinians in the West Bank, and we don't even have to talk about what's happening in Gaza now."
Says Hendin "We cannot keep on doing the military solutions because they are not working, it's becoming worse. A lot of people are dead on both sides. And we want a ceasefire. We want the hostages back as soon as possible."
Meanwhile, talks are continuing in Paris in the hope of securing a potential ceasefire agreement to end the war and return the hostages before the Rafah ground assault.
White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby says he hopes the talks will be a success.
"We continue to work at this very, very hard. We believe that the discussions and negotiations to date have been constructive. Obviously, they have not been they have not been conclusive because we don't have a deal in place. But the fact that these negotiations are still ongoing and that people are, in fact, sitting together to try to hash it out is a good thing."
Hamas representatives say they want nothing less than a permanent ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages, a deal that Israel has rejected several times.
Israel says any pause must be temporary to ensure their military can eradicate Hamas.
But Ruby Chen, the father of Itay Chen who is still held captive in Gaza, says he hopes his government will take the deal so his son can return.
"Cautious optimism, and now we are waiting for cabinet of Israel to see the aspect of that deal. And hopefully we wish to move forward with that in order for us to end the living hell of the over 141 days that we've been living waiting to see any sign of life from our son."
