A 72-hour ceasefire agreed on last night by Israel and Hamas already appears to be falling apart.
The halt, brokered by the US and the EU, was due to take effect at 8am this morning local time. But within two hours, mortar shells had been fired from Gaza, landing near a town by the border, and Israeli forces had returned fire.
Fighting also erupted in Rafah when Hamas fighters emerged from a tunnel to attack Israeli soldiers. Gaza officials say eight were killed in IDF retaliatory fire.
Officials in Jerusalem are reportedly saying that the truce is already over.
