Gazans stock up on food during temporary truce
- 10 years ago
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Palestinians rushed to shops and banks in Gaza on Thursday (July 17) as a five-hour humanitarian truce agreed by Israel and Hamas came into force.
The break in 10 days of fighting was requested by the United Nations to allow residents of the Gaza strip, ruled by the Hamas group viewed by Israel as terrorists, to gather supplies and repair damaged infrastructure.
On Thursday, Gaza roads which had been almost deserted over days of conflict were once again filled again with traffic.
Hundreds lined up outside banks to collect salaries paid directly into their accounts.
During the ceasefire, air raid sirens went off briefly in southern Israel and the military said three mortars landed in open areas. No group in Gaza claimed responsibility for the mortar fire and there were no reports of Israeli retaliation.
At least 224 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the fighting, Gaza health officials say. In I
Palestinians rushed to shops and banks in Gaza on Thursday (July 17) as a five-hour humanitarian truce agreed by Israel and Hamas came into force.
The break in 10 days of fighting was requested by the United Nations to allow residents of the Gaza strip, ruled by the Hamas group viewed by Israel as terrorists, to gather supplies and repair damaged infrastructure.
On Thursday, Gaza roads which had been almost deserted over days of conflict were once again filled again with traffic.
Hundreds lined up outside banks to collect salaries paid directly into their accounts.
During the ceasefire, air raid sirens went off briefly in southern Israel and the military said three mortars landed in open areas. No group in Gaza claimed responsibility for the mortar fire and there were no reports of Israeli retaliation.
At least 224 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the fighting, Gaza health officials say. In I