Thursday, July 17, 2014

Gazans Crowd Banks and Markets Amid 5-Hour Cease-Fire

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza residents crowded banks, vegetable markets and shops Thursday, taking advantage of a brief cease-fire that offered the first respite from 10 days of fierce fighting between Hamas and Israel, while the conflict looked set to resume within hours.



The truce was briefly thrown into doubt when Gaza militants fired three mortar shells toward Israel after the truce took effect at 10 a.m. local time, but it appeared to be an isolated incident, and Israel did not respond.


Gaza City, a virtual ghost town for the past 10 days, returned to apparent normalcy within minutes of the start of the truce Read more...


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