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Israel resumes attacks on Gaza, ending self-declared ceasefire

4 Aug 2014 - 23:04



The Israeli military said it had resumed its attacks on the Gaza Strip on Monday, ending a self-declared unilateral ceasefire that had been in effect for much of the day.

Israel had declared a seven-hour “humanitarian window” in Gaza 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 was the eighth temporary pause in fighting, nearly all of which have broken down amid mutual accusations of violations.

It slowed violence, but shortly after it had started two Israeli missiles hit a house in the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing an eight-year-old girl and wounding 29, medics said. At least 20 Gazans were killed on Monday, Palestinian officials said, including two in an Israeli airstrike next to a desalination plant.

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