The numbers slaughtered and injured are so high now – 521 and 3,000 as of this morning, Gaza time — that sitting next to a dead or dying person is becoming normal. 
Idadi ya walioteketezwa na kujeruhiwa ni kubwa mno hivi sasa – 521 na 3,000 kufikia asbuhi hii, kwa saa za Gaza – kuketi pembeni ya maiti au mtu anayefariki inakuwa ni jambo la kawaida.