The Israeli military lifted its restrictions along the Gaza border area yesterday, indicating it had accepted an Egypt-mediated ceasefire to end an intense, 24-hour round of fighting with Hamas militants that had threatened to devolve into war.
The military had shut down a beach and placed limitations on gatherings as residents kept mostly close to home on Saturday amid dozens of rockets fired from Gaza. But after several hours of calm it said summer camps would operate as usual and residents could resume their daily routines.
On Saturday, the military carried out its largest wave of airstrikes in Gaza since the 2014 war, hitting several Hamas military compounds and flattening a number of its training camps.
Two Palestinian teenagers were killed in an airstrike in Gaza City, while four Israelis were wounded from a rocket that landed on a residential home.
Read the article in The Australian (AP).