After a brief pause in fighting, Israel breaks its own ceasefire striking a house in the Beach refugee camp. Officials report that an eight-year-old girl is dead, and 29 injured.
Officials said an eight year old girl was killed in the attack, and that 29 people were wounded. Rescuers believe three are still alive beneath the rubble.
In Jerusalem, a tractor slammed into a bus during the seven-hour truce that went into effect in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Police described the incident as a possible terrorist attack, in which two people were injured. The driver was shot dead by police, and the ambulance service said that no passengers were on the bus which was hit in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood in the city.
The Gaza conflict, now in its fourth week, has left more than 1,800 Palestinians and more than 60 Israelis dead. A Palestinian health official said 10 people from one family were killed and at least 30 were wounded near a three-story building on Sunday evening. Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the Najam family today, who were killed by Israeli tank shelling in the region of Jebaliya.
Channel 4 News also understands that Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair has been in Israel and working “behind the scenes” on a peace deal.
His office did not confirm whether Mr Blair is still in Israel, due to the sensitivity of the situation, but said he is still in the region and is due to go back to Egypt later this week.
Israel is said to be drawing down its ground operation since the weekend but has kept up heavy aerial, offshore and artillery bombardments of the strip. However, the Israeli military said it would respond to any attacks and that any truce would not apply to areas where troops were still operating. The Channel 4 News team in Gaza tweeted (below) that they had heard a missile being fired only minutes into the ceasefire.
Tweets from the ground in Gaza and Israel. Most recent at the top.
Following 7 hour unilateral ceasefire in #Gaza today, #IDF has resumed their operations, say officials. Possibly another long night #c4news
— Thom Walker (@thompwalker) August 4, 2014
2 bodies pulled from the rubble today so far in #Rafah. Some so disfigured they can´t be ID´d. Quiet today, locals tell #c4news #Gaza
— Thom Walker (@thompwalker) August 4, 2014
Down one of the tunnels the IDF show the media supposedly used by Hamas. 2km long and concrete lined. pic.twitter.com/vZH5Vr7yCr
— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) August 4, 2014
#PFLP graffiti scribbled over w green of #hamas. Locals tell #c4news war makes support for resistance stronger #gaza pic.twitter.com/g89fnnE4Y6
— Thom Walker (@thompwalker) August 4, 2014
#Zeitoun, locals said F16 hit house reducing to rubble. #gaza on edge as #israeli ceasefire due to end #c4news pic.twitter.com/Pabutdr5Ab
— Thom Walker (@thompwalker) August 4, 2014
“The siege must end” this man tells @paulmasonnews in #gaza. “War makes resistance stronger” #c4news pic.twitter.com/8Lzx7aCGIV
— Thom Walker (@thompwalker) August 4, 2014
The strike was in Beach Camp in #Gaza City – so should be safe under the Israeli ceasefire as not an area of ongoing operations…
— Stuart Webb (@Worldwidewebb1) August 4, 2014
Now hearing of 22 casualties – some critical – on #Gaza radio…
— Stuart Webb (@Worldwidewebb1) August 4, 2014
So 5 mins into #Israel ceasefire & we clearly hear a missile being fired near us in Israeli strike-now hearing of casualties on #Gaza radio
— Stuart Webb (@Worldwidewebb1) August 4, 2014
The last ceasefire broke down quickly and 100s of people in #Gaza were killed-so the stretchers remain on standby… pic.twitter.com/AT43ogNO5m
— Stuart Webb (@Worldwidewebb1) August 4, 2014
#IDF declare partial 7 hour humanitarian ceasefire in #Gaza starting at 10am. Not including E. #Rafah. How long will this one hold? #c4news
— Thom Walker (@thompwalker) August 4, 2014
Rocket just launched from v close to my hotel in #Gaza. Sound was deafening – woke up everyone #c4news
— Thom Walker (@thompwalker) August 4, 2014