[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.
Read more here
The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.