Israel agreed to a ceasefire but resumed bombing Gaza within hours after Palestinian militants continued launching rockets. Despite the announcement of the ceasefire, over 100 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, causing no casualties but undermining chances for a truce. In response to the rocket attacks and at the insistence of Israeli military leaders, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered warplanes to attack thirty positions in Gaza, including civilian homes, resulting in the demolition of a building and displacement of three Palestinian families.

1. Israel resumedthe bombingof Gaza,despite havingacceptedtodayaceasefire,whilePalestinian
militantscontinuedtolaunchrockets,onthe eighthdayof the operation"protectorMargin"
whichhas alreadykillednearly200people inthe strip.Only hoursearlier,the Israeli government
had accepteda truce betweenthe pressuresof hisharshestministers,whoevencame toaskthe
occupationof Gaza.
However,despite the announcement,Palestinianmilitiasnotstoppedfiringrocketsneara
hundredfiguresasthe army,whichcausedno casualties,butunderminedthe possibilityof a
ceasefire toopenthe doorstonegotiate atruce, as proposesEgypt.
Six hourslaterand before the barrage of rockets,Israeli Prime MinisterBenjaminNetanyahu
orderedthe warplanesthatwere torespondtoattacks at the insistence of the militiasintheir
threat.
Thus,Israeli warplanesattackedthirtypositions-includingcivilianhousesinthe southerntownof
KhanYunisand Gaza neighborhoodsasAl ZaitunandBureij refugee camp.
In one,three Palestinianfamilies-some-thirtypeople werelefthomelessafterthe three-storey
buildingwheretheylivedwasdemolishedbyanIsraeli missile