Here are the latest casualty figures as of December 18, 7:00pm local time in Gaza (17:00 GMT):
Gaza
Killed: At least 19.453
Including at least:
7,729 children
5,153 women
Injured: More than 52,286
Including at least
8,663 children
6,327 women
Missing: More than 8,000
Look at the pictures, it is mostly women and children. One woman who was released was more worried about the Israeli bombs killing them than the Hamas captors, I would be worried her husband might be killed by the bombings.