A 12-Hour Cease-Fire Continues To Hold In Gaza

Silence Falls On Gaza For First Time In 19 Days As 12-Hour Ceasefire Begins And Palestinians Return To See What's Left Of Their Homes -- Daily Mail

* WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: 18 members of the same family killed in village near Khan Younis, southern Gaza
* Tense halt in fighting began at 6am UK time today but Israel will continue searching for tunnels
* Death toll in 19-day conflict nears 1,000 Palestinians and 40 Israelis as 85 Palestinian bodies are pulled from rubble
* Hundreds of Palestinians protested in the traditionally Arab east of Jerusalem after Muslim noon prayers yesterday
* World leaders gather in Paris for crisis talks as 1,500 riot police prepare to quell pro-Palestinian protests
* Thousands march from Israeli embassy in London to the Houses of Parliament as international anger grows

Eighteen members of the same family were reportedly been killed by Israeli tank shelling in Gaza moments before the start of a tense 12-hour ceasefire this morning.

Hundreds of residents returned to survey the damage in the first few hours of today's uneasy truce, which saw at least 85 bodies of Palestinians pulled from the rubble - putting the Palestinian death toll in the 19-day conflict at 985, according to the Associated Press.

Gaza's Health Ministry said 18 relatives of the same family died in the southern Gaza Strip shortly before the truce took effect at 6am UK time. An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was checking the report.

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Twelve-hour Gaza humanitarian truce takes hold -- Reuters
Gaza conflict: 12-hour truce as deaths top 900 -- BBC
Mideast Gets A Breather As 12-Hour Cease-Fire Holds -- CNN
Bodies recovered from Gaza rubble amid truce -- Al Jazeera
Israel Agrees to Pause in Assault on Gaza as Cease-Fire Deal Is Pursued -- NYT
Gaza crisis: Israelis and Palestinians begin 12-hour ceasefire -- The Guardian
Gaza Residents, Out of Shelters During Cease-Fire, Tally Damage -- NYT
Gaza Given Brief Respite From Israeli Attacks -- WSJ
Israel Will Continue 'Neutralizing' Tunnels During Cease-Fire -- ABC News
Refugees return to destroyed neighbourhoods during Gaza truce -- Reuters
Diplomats call for extension of 12-hour Gaza cease-fire -- Jerusalem post
France will host Saturday meeting of US, Europe, Qatar ministers to press for Gaza cease-fire -- FOX News