Funeral of an Israli soldier killed by a mortar near Gaza Israel intensified its Gaza bombardment leaving scores dead Tuesday, the 22nd day of a devastating conflict. The Israeli offensive, which began on July 8 to end Hamas rocket attacks on the Jewish state, has killed more than 1,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians according to the United Nations, while 56 lives have been lost on the Israeli side, all but three of them soldiers. IMAGES of the funeral of IDF soldier Yishai Barka’e in Jerusalem