29 Mar 2024
Monday 4 August 2014 - 13:47
Story Code : 109343

Israel declares partial Gaza ceasefire but fighting goes on in Rafah

Israel declares partial Gaza ceasefire but fighting goes on in Rafah





  • [caption id="attachment_109344" align="alignright" width="225"] A wounded Palestinian boy arrives at hospital in Rafah on Sunday. Photograph: Abed Rahim Khatib/NurPhoto/REX[/caption]
    Mission to destroy Hamas tunnel network almost complete


  • Hamas voices suspicion about seven-hour ceasefire


  • UN chief calls bombing of school a criminal act


  • Palestinian deaths pass 1,800, while 64 Israeli troops have died










Israel has declared a seven-hour humanitarian window in Gaza to start at 10am local time (7amGMT) amid international outrage at the third deadly attack on a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinians and mounting pressure for the bloodshed to end.

The unilateral ceasefire is the eighth temporary pause in fighting, nearly all of which have broken down amid mutual accusations of violations.

The Israeli army has exempted the area around the southern town of Rafah, where the UN school was struck on Sunday and fighting was continuing. Troops were working on destroying a cross-border tunnel in the area.

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