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No Truce, but 12-Hour Lull in Gaza Fighting Begins

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Israel and Hamas began a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza Saturday after the efforts of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed to produce a longer truce aimed at ending nearly three weeks of fighting.

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The temporary lull appeared unlikely to change the course of the current hostilities amid ominous signs that the war was spilling over into the West Bank and a warning by Israel’s defense minister that it might soon expand its Gaza ground operation “significantly.”

The Israeli military said the 12-hour pause began Saturday at 8 a.m. (1:00 a.m. EST, 0500 GMT). It said troops “shall respond if terrorists choose to exploit” the lull to attack Israeli soldiers or civilians. The military also said “operational activities to locate and neutralize tunnels in the Gaza Strip will continue.”

Israel launched a major aerial offensive in Gaza on July 8 and later sent ground troops into the Hamas-ruled territory in a bid to halt Palestinian rocket fire and destroy a vast network of cross-border tunnels used by militants to stage attacks.

Selena Gomez Urges Fans to Pray for Gaza

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Selena Gomez hopes her 11 million followers on Instagram will join her to pray for people in Gaza. On Friday, July 19, the “Come & Get It” singer took to the photo-sharing site to share an image of a message which read, “It’s About Humanity. Pray for Gaza.”

“Please pray for those families and babies today,” the “Spring Breakers” star urged her fans in a caption for the photo. “Please always remember what’s important in life. It’s not any of this. We are here to help, inspire and love. Be that change. #wearethenextgeneration.”

Some fans echoed her sentiment in the comment section. “Thanks for not being afraid to speak the truth! You are amazing…. This has nothing to do with religion but everything to do with being human and having a heart!” one person wrote. “Much respect and love,” another fan added.

Prior to Gomez, Rihanna showed her support to bring peace in the area which is now heated with conflicts. The “Umbrella” singer posted a tweet which read “#FreePalestine” but then deleted it. Later, she shared a photo of an Israeli and a Palestinian boy with their arm on other’s shoulder. She wrote, “Let’s pray for peace and a swift end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict! Is there any hope?”

 

Masked Gaza Gunmen Steal $500,000 in Rare Robbery

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The Gaza Strip has endured back-to-back wars and uprisings in recent years, but criminal violence has been relatively rare.

 

That changed Monday. Police Col. Ayoub Abu Shaar says masked robbers broke into a post office in Gaza City, shot and wounded a guard and made off with $500,000.

 

The Islamic militant Hamas, which rules Gaza, distributes the salaries of 40,000 government employees through post offices. Salary payments for March are to begin Wednesday, meaning post offices currently hold large sums of cash.

 

Hamas says it made streets safe after seizing Gaza in 2007. But it is also struggling with a cash crisis because of a tightened border blockade by Egypt.

 

 

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Thousands Evacuated From Flooded Gaza Homes

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An official says Gaza’s rescue service has evacuated more than 4,000 people from homes flooded after four days of heavy rain across the territory.

The downpour continued Saturday. It’s part of a storm that covered Jerusalem and some of the West Bank with thick snow.

In Gaza, some of those trapped by rising waters were evacuated by fishing boats.

Mohammed al-Madaina of the Gaza rescue service says efforts were hampered by lack of fuel and power, a result of a tightened Egyptian border closure. Israel and Egypt have restricted access to Gaza since the Islamic militant Hamas seized the territory in 2007.

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