{{Residents in Gaza are using a 12-hour humanitarian truce to return to their homes, gather essential supplies and search for those trapped in the rubble.}}<\/p>\n
At least 85 bodies have been pulled from the rubble during the truce, a Palestinian health official says.<\/p>\n
That raises the Palestinian death toll to 985 since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on 8 July, the spokesman said. Thirty-nine Israelis have died.<\/p>\n
International talks on a longer truce have resumed in Paris.<\/p>\n
Israel said it would continue to “locate and neutralise” Hamas tunnels during the pause, which began at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT).<\/p>\n
So far 31 tunnels have been discovered, with about half destroyed, Israeli’s military says.<\/p>\n
Before the truce began, Israeli strikes killed at least 19 Palestinians overnight at a family home near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
Images showed relatives weeping as the bodies of five children were taken to a local morgue.<\/p>\n
Two Israeli soldiers were also killed overnight, Israel’s military confirmed.<\/p>\n
The Iron Dome defence system intercepted three rockets fired towards the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon overnight.<\/p>\n
In the district of Shejaiya, residents started flooding back from 08:00, despite warnings not to do so.<\/p>\n
The scene here is just astonishing – the most widespread destruction: buildings completely pulverised, cars thrown 50m (160ft) into the air on top of buildings, the facades of some block of flats completely ripped off.<\/p>\n
The air is pretty thick with the stench of death as people try to recover bodies and belongings.<\/p>\n
In the background I can hear a crackle of gunfire. Although a humanitarian ceasefire is in place, clearly people are still shooting. There is an Israeli drone flying overhead, and we’ve heard the sound of fighter jets.<\/p>\n
I think people feel they have a brief window of opportunity to do as much as they can and then frankly get out of here.<\/p>\n
BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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