Fears rose that the Gaza conflict could resume on Friday after Hamas rejected continuation of a three-day ceasefire at talks in Cairo.
Gaza residents rushed to banks, vegetable markets and shops yesterday during a first UN-brokered lull in 10 days of Israel-Hamas fighting, but a quick resumption in hostilities after it ended signaled that a permanent truce remains elusive.
The armed wings of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad group announced they had fired a series of rockets at Israel, a day after an Israeli air strike that injured 10 people.