6-hour Israel truce ends in casualties

Israel resumed air strikes after a short six-hour truce as Hamas continued to launch rockets and ignored all calls for a ceasefire to the conflict that has now killed almost 200 Palestinians.

Sami Abou Zahri, a Hamas spokesperson in Gaza explained why the militant group rejected the ceasefire proposal: ‘Netanyahu’s ceasefire declaration has no meaning. Because if Hamas is fighting today, it is not to obtain a ceasefire but to free the Palestinian people from Israeli oppression. Officially, Israel has killed 200 Palestinians but the figure is doubtless much bigger than that.'

Gaza inhabitants feel prosecuted by Israeli and Egyptian restriction. They demand that the border blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip to be lifted.

Meanwhile, Hamas attacks made their first victim in Israel where a man died near the Gaza border after being hit by a mortar shell.