Twitter Warzone: Israel losing battle of words on social media. (VIDEO)

Israel's bombardment of Gaza has intensified overnight despite talk of a pending ceasefire.

The number of Palestinians killed in the week-long offensive now exceeds 140, with more than a thousand people wounded.

Violence on the ground and diplomatic wrangles are not the only battlefields in the Middle East - they're also online, and they're proving decisive. Aleksey Yaroshevsky explains.

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