PHOTO: Father of Ibrahim Dawawsa, the first Gazan killed after the end of the ceasefire on Friday, embraces his son (Wissam Nassar/New York Times)


UPDATE 2005 GMT: Hundreds of protesters have defied a ban to protest against the war in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square.

The demonstrators chanted, “End the siege and the war” and “Money into welfare, not war”, and carried signs such as “Stop the Massacre, End the Siege”.

Police had cited security concerns earlier on Saturday in their prohibition of the rally.

Earlier in the conflict, Israeli authorities banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people.

The rally organizers called for dialog “in face of a painful month of war and victims”, saying “the next cycle of violence can be avoided”. They called for “immediate talks with the Palestinians about a fair and sustaining peace, rehabilitation of Gaza and an ending of the blockade, a firm joint stand of Arabs and Jews in the face of racism, and a struggle for a future of living”.


UPDATE 1955 GMT: Palestinian sources report one person killed in Deir al-Balah in an Israeli airstrike, bringing Saturday’s Gazan death toll to eight.

Israel struck 49 targets on Saturday, bringing the total to more than 100 since the end of the ceasefire on Friday.

The Israel Defense Forces say 30 Gazan rockets have been fired across the border today.


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UPDATE 1605 GMT: Gazan children sit near their destroyed house in Khuzaa in the southeastern Gaza Strip:

GAZA CHILDREN KHUZAA


UPDATE 0925 GMT: A Gazan man has been killed in an Israeli strike on a mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

The Gazan Health Ministry said at least 10 people have been wounded today. Two are in critical condition.

Residents said airstrikes, starting after midnight, targeted mosques in the southern Gaza towns of Rafah and Khan Youis.

Israeli attacks have destroyed 63 mosques since July 8, according to the Palestinian Religious Affairs Ministry.

The Israeli military said it hit 30 targets since midnight.


UPDATE 0915 GMT: Intensive airstrikes are being reported on Gaza City, including near a hotel where international journalists are staying.

Bill Neely of US outlet NBC:

Farah Baker, the 16-year-old who has been prominent in her tweeting of the conflict, also reports attacks:


As soon as a 72-hour ceasefire ended on Friday morning, war was renewed between Gaza and Israel.

Gazan fighters fired more than 45 rockets across the border by the afternoon, while the Israelis struck more than 50 targets.

Five Gazans were killed and at least 31 wounded. Two Israelis were wounded, one moderately, by rockets.

For much of the day, Israeli airstrikes and shelling appeared to be designed to limit casualties in comparison with bombardments earlier in the 32-day war, although areas in Gaza City were hit.

However, last night an intense assault was reported on Rafah in southern Gaza.

Last week, more than 110 people were killed in hours in the city, as Israeli forces retaliated for the deaths of three soldiers.

Two Palestinians were also killed and dozens wounded in the West Bank when Israeli forces fired amid clashes with thousands of demonstrators.

In Cairo, the Israelis effectively suspended talks for a halt to the fighting, leaving just before the expiry of the ceasefire.

Hamas had already said that it would not extend the 72-hour stoppage unless Israel began to meet conditions such as a lifting of the blockade on Gaza.

The Palestinian delegation, including Hamas, said later in the day that they would continue participation in talks to seek a resolution; however, Israeli Ministers said there could be no negotiations while rockets were being launched.

Even if the talks had continued, prospects were limited. The Palestinians said Israel had made no movement towards their conditions, which also include the release of detainees from Israeli prisons and the establishment of a seaport or airport.