After international condemnation over its third deadly missile strike on a UN school in Gaza that killed 10 people and wounded 35, Israel has announced a seven-hour "humanitarian window" in Gaza.
There is deep distrust from both sides that the planned lull will stop the fighting; several ceasefires have collapsed already in this latest conflict and many Palestinians have been caught in the sudden resumption of military activity.
The attack, which hit directly outside the school in Rafah in Gaza’s south in which at least 3000 Palestinians were sheltering, blew shrapnel inside the school grounds, striking people in the playground and spraying through classroom windows.
It drew harsh criticism from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who described it as a "moral outrage and a criminal act"
The US also issued a rare condemnation of Israel through State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who said the US was "appalled" by the "disgraceful shelling outside an UN [Relief and Works Agency] school".
Blood stained the pavement inside the school grounds and immediately outside the gate, where young Palestinians had been lining up to buy lollies and water from a cart on the footpath.
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