Gaza ceasefire holds despite Israeli attacks and severe aid restrictions

Gaza residents say they fear a return to Israel’s full-scale bombing as they struggle to find food, water and medicine.

Voices of Gaza: Palestinian poet reflects on life during two years of war

• Israel has only allowed a fraction of the aid deliveries agreed on as part of the US-brokered ceasefire – an average of 145 trucks per day instead of the 600 it pledged to allow into the besieged Gaza Strip.
• An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon has killed four people as Israel’s ramped-up attacks raise fears for a nearly yearlong truce with Hezbollah.