A Palestinian youth searches for his belongings under the rubble of a building that was destroyed by Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A ceasefire to end a surge of deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel took hold on Monday after hundreds of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes.
The latest round of hostilities erupted three days ago, peaking on Sunday when rockets and missiles from Hamas Islamist-run Gaza killed four civilians in Israel, local health officials said. Israeli strikes killed 21 Palestinians, over half of them civilians, at the weekend, Gaza health authorities said.
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