Israel’s military says it has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to fresh rocket fire, hours before a ceasefire was set to expire.
A child is reported to have died, and eyewitnesses say thousands of Gazans have been heading for UN shelters.
Talks in Cairo to end the violence have broken up, and the Israeli delegation is now on its way back home.
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