truce, which hasn't happened in the past. let's talk about the situation on the ground. it is safe to say, if you look at the death toll, it is spiraling out of control. the gaza health ministry is now reporting 583 palestinians killed. the united nations is saying between 70 and 80% of the deaths in gaza are civilians. at least 120 are children. on the israeli side, 27 is the death toll. all soldiers. two civilians have been killed as well. let's go live to gaza. cnn's karl penhaul is standing by. karl, we were showing images of a big explosion in gaza to our viewers around the world. do we know what that was? >> reporter: it could, if you're saying those images were coming from the israeli side, as you were talking, there was a large explosion, probably a mile, mile and a half just southwest of