APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 22 May 2021. Members of Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Hamas group, take part in an anti-Israel rally in Gaza City.
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Senior Hamas leader Ismail Radwan
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A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement came into force Friday on May 21, 2021 after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets.
As the ceasefire holds, humanitarian aid began to enter the enclave ravaged by 11 days of bloodshed.
Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their homes, and Israelis began to resume normal life a day earlier, international focus turned to the reconstruction of the bomb-shattered Gaza Strip
UNICEF delivered today lifesaving critical humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip with 18 containers of assistance. This aid supply entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing in support of children and families due to the recent escalation.
More than 100,000 people had to flee their homes in the territory, and nearly 800,000 people did not have access to piped water, the UN children's agency Unicef said.
The Palestinian death toll on Saturday stood at 248, including 66 children, with more than 1,900 people wounded from Israeli air and artillery attacks. Rocket fire killed at least 12 people in Israel.
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