BBC News - Israel to resume Gaza operation as truce with Hamas crumbles
The humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas has collapsed as Israeli forces resume their operations in Gaza.
The Israeli military has
told people in Gaza it is resuming operations, saying Hamas broke a
planned 72-hour ceasefire just hours after it had begun.
The army said it had warned residents to stay indoors.
Palestinian sources said at least 27 people had been killed
in an Israeli attack in Gaza. Israel said it was in response to rocket
fire from Hamas.
Some 1,460 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died in the conflict and 63 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
The ceasefire had been brokered by the US and UN to give
civilians a reprieve from the violence, and had been seen as an
unforeseen breakthrough after days of diplomatic deadlock.
Palestinian and Israeli delegations have arrived in Cairo,
Egypt, with the hope of negotiating a longer-term cessation of
hostilities, but the fate of the talks now seems unclear.
Many Palestinians used the opportunity of the ceasefire to see if their homes were damaged
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