Israelis and Palestinians on Wednesday both claimed "victory" in the Gaza war, one day after the long-term cease-fire came into effect.
1st LD Israel accepts Egyptian ceasefire proposal: reports
Egypt on Wednesday called on Israelis and Palestinians to resume indirect talks mediated by Cairo, after the ceasefire in Gaza has been breached late Tuesday, foreign ministry said in a statement.
Israel has partially lifted its fishing ban in Gaza to allow fishing within three nautical miles off Gaza shores, the Ha'aretz daily reported on Sunday.
Israel accepted the Egyptian proposal to conduct another 72-hour ceasefire starting from Monday at 1:00 a.m. local time, an Israeli official said.
Rockets were fired on Friday morning from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel after a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas-led militants ended.
Despite a high civilian death toll in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will expand its military operation against Hamas, as the first Israeli civilian since the operation began was killed during Hamas' continuous rocket attacks on Israeli soil.
Palestinian medical sources said that 70 Palestinians have been killed on Tuesday in a series of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to 631 since Israel started its offensive on the Hamas-ruled territory on July 8, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said.
Israel's large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip has killed 576 Palestinians and injured around 3,600 others, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said on Tuesday.
The United States Sunday began to push for a ceasefire in Gaza amid an Israeli ground war aimed at halting rocket attacks against Israel's civilian population.
Israel resumed shelling the Gaza Strip, less than an hour into the temporary humanitarian truce on Sunday, saying the fire was in response to continued fire by Hamas.
The Gaza Strip witnessed the bloodiest day on Sunday since Israel launched its offensive there nearly two weeks ago, as the death toll passed 100 in a single day after Israeli artillery bombing on the most densely populated neighborhood of Sheja'eya in eastern Gaza city.
Seven Palestinian civilians were killed early on Thursday in a fresh Israeli airstrike on houses in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, medics and security officials said.
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) decided that it will carry forward an oil exploration plan in the West Bank despite Israel's rejections, a senior Palestinian government official said on Wednesday.
An Israeli warplane launched airstrikes on seven military sites in Gaza late Tuesday in response to five rockets attacks from Gaza, the Israeli army said.
Six Palestinians were injured early Friday in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, medical sources and eyewitnesses said.
The seaside Gaza Strip is home to 1.8 million people, among whom 1.2 million are living in eight refugee camps.
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