Operation Protective Edge entered its 20th day on Sunday as Israeli ground forces continued their incursion into Gaza.
A humanitarian cease-fire that began at 8 A.M. on Saturday collapsed 26 hours later when the Israel Defense Forces announced it is resuming aerial, naval and ground strikes on Gaza in retaliation for repeated rocket barrages.
Israel's security cabinet voted on Saturday evening to extend the temporary break in fighting but Gaza militants continued to fire rockets throughout the night and the following morning. A Hamas spokesman said that any cease-fire that doesn't ensure that the IDF pulls out of Gaza and the evacuation of the wounded is not acceptable.
Early on Sunday, an Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed by a mortar shell near the Gaza border. Two other Israeli soldiers who were previously wounded in the fighting died of their wounds on Saturday evening. The latest incidents bring the IDF death toll to 43.
In Gaza, the total death toll surpassed 1,000 as the humanitarian cease-fire allowed rescue workers to recover bodies from buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes.
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12:00 P.M. The Israel Air Force has struck four targets in Gaza since the fighting resumed this morning, the IDF says.
11:45 A.M. The IDF rejects reports that 15 Palestinians were killed in a strike on an UNRWA school in Beit Hanun on Thursday. According to the army, militants fired antitank missiles from the school toward IDF troops, who retaliated with mortar fire. A military inquiry into the incident found that one of the Israeli shells hit the school's yard, which was empty at the time. "The findings disprove claims about casualties within the school," the army said. (Gili Cohen)
11:41 A.M. Border police arrest a man driving a car full of explosives at the Beitar checkpoint in the West Bank. According to the police, the drier was wearing a wig and was "behaving in a suspicious manner." (Chaim Levinson and Yaniv Kubovich)
11:22 A.M. Rocket explodes in open area in Eshkol Regional Council; no damage reported.
11:15 A.M. The Egged bus company instructs drivers to avoid entering Nazareth for fear of attacks. (Eli Ashkenazi)
11:10 A.M. Three Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes over the past hour, according to reports in Gaza. (Jack Khoury)
10:49 A.M. A defendant in the murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir claims in court that he is "the messiah." (Nir Hasson)
10:25 A.M. Two mortar shells explode within a town in the Eshkol Regional Council; a house and another building are damaged but no injuries are reported. (Shirley Seidler)
10:12 A.M. The IDF charges two army doctors serving in Israel's south with shirking combat duty. (Gili Cohen)
9:59 A.M. The IDF renews strikes on the Gaza Strip after rocket barrages are fired on southern and central Israel.
"Following Hamas' incessant rocket fire throughout the humanitarian window, which was agreed upon for the welfare of the civilian population in Gaza, the IDF will now resume its aerial, naval and ground activity in the Gaza Strip," the military said in a statement.
9:53 A.M. The Turkish Anadolu news agency reports that hundreds of activists marched toward the United Nations Human Rights Council offices in Geneva on Saturday in protest against the Israeli operation in Gaza and the UN's "attitude toward the conflict." Some carried coffins covered in Palestinian flags while others waved signs displaying names and ages of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
9:40 A.M. Some 142 Israeli soldiers hurt during the offensive in Gaza are being treated at hospitals across the country. (Ido Efrati and Shirley Seidler)
9:31 A.M. One man lightly wounded as a result of rocket fired at Petah Tikva.
8:50 A.M. Rocket hits open area in the central Israeli city of Petah Tivka; no damage reported. (Yaniv Kubovich)
8:30 A.M. The Iron Dome intercepts a rocket fired toward the Sharon Plain, in central Israel.
8:22 A.M. Three rockets hit the Eshkol Regional Council, causing damage to cars. The Iron Dome intercepts a rocket fired toward Ashdod. A rocket is intercepted over Ashkelon while five others explode in open areas in the city. (Shirley Seidler)
8:20 A.M. Iron Dome intercepts rocket fired toward central Israel (Haaretz)Rocket barrage fired toward southern and central Israel.
8:10 A.M. Rocket sirens sound in towns across Israel's south, including Ashdod and Ashkelon.
Since the beginning of the operation 43 officers and soldiers were killed. (Gili Cohen)
6:55 A.M. Since midnight three projectiles fired from Gaza exploded in Israel – all in open fields. Earlier this morning rocket sirens sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council. The IDF did not attack Gaza in response. A senior IDF officer told Haaretz: "We are running this like any other military operation and everything is being considered. When we need to attack we will attack. That's not a problem. Right now we are continuing our main activity – uncovering the tunnels within the timeframe of the humanitarian cease-fire." (Gili Cohen)
5:55 A.M. Rocket sirens sound in several towns in the Eshkol Regional Council.
5:05 A.M. Rocket sirens sound in a couple of Israeli towns near Gaza.
1:08 A.M. A Hamas spokesman responds to the Israeli extension of the humanitarian pause in fighting, saying: "Any cease-fire that doesn't ensure that the IDF pulls out of Gaza and the evacuation of the injured is not acceptable to Hamas." (Jack Khoury)
12:08 A.M. Two people are wounded in a rocket explosion in the Sdot Negev Regional Council. One sustains serious injuries, the other light injuries. (Shirly Seidler)
11:59 P.M. The Israeli security cabinet voted to extend a humanitarian pause in fighting until midnight Sunday, as per the UN's request. During this period, the IDF will continue to neutralize Gaza tunnels. Ministers Bennett, Lieberman, and Aharonovich voted against the extension. (Barak Ravid)
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