No truce, but 12-hour lull in Gaza fighting begins沒有休戰，但12小時的平靜在加沙的戰鬥開始

AP
July 26, 2014, 2:03 pm TWN

The Israeli military says Saturday's 12-hour pause began at 8 a.m. (1:00 a.m. EST, 0500 GMT). It warned the military "shall respond if terrorists choose to exploit" the lull to attack Israeli troops or civilians. The military said "operational activities to locate and neutralize tunnels in the Gaza Strip will continue."

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire has begun to allow civilians in Gaza to receive aid and evacuate to safer areas.

Previous humanitarian cease-fires have been cut short by fighting.

Civilians on both sides have been hardest hit over the past 18 days. Nearly 900 Palestinians and 40 Israelis have been killed.

The lull was agreed upon by both sides after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed to broker a weeklong truce as a first step toward a broader deal.

沒有休戰，但12小時的平靜在加沙的戰鬥開始

美聯社
2014年7月26日，下午2時03分TWN

加沙城，加沙地帶 - 一個12小時人道主義停火已經開始允許在加沙平民獲得援助，並撤離到安全地區。

以色列軍方說，星期六的12小時的暫停開始於上午8時（凌晨1:00美國東部時間，格林威治時間0500）。它警告說，軍事上的“應回應，如果恐怖分子選擇利用”的平靜來攻擊以色列軍隊或平民。軍方說，“業務活動來定位和隧道中和在加沙地帶將繼續下去。”

上一頁人道主義停火已經剪短了戰鬥。

雙方平民被重災區，在過去18天。近900名巴勒斯坦人和40名以色列人喪生。

在平靜商定雙方後，美國國務卿克里未能促成一個為期一周的停火協議是邁向一個更廣泛的協議的第一步。