SEVEN-DAY TRUCE SHATTERED
A temporary truce between Israel and Gaza’s the Palestinian group Hamas expired at 7am yesterday with neither side announcing a deal to extend it.
In the hour before the truce was set to end, Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza and Hamas-affiliated media reported sounds of explosions and gunfire in the Palestinian enclave.
The seven-day pause, which began on November 24 and was extended twice, had allowed for the exchange of dozens of hostages held in Gaza for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and facilitated the entry of humanitarian aid into
