以色列宣布在加沙实行七小时停火

No accounts of violence have been reported Monday since the time Israel said it would begin holding fire for seven hours in most of the Gaza Strip to allow Palestinians access to humanitarian aid and for displaced civilians to return to their homes.

However, just hours before the truce was scheduled to start, an Israeli airstrike killed a militant Palestinian leader.  The Islamic Jihad group said its commander in the northern part of the the Gaza Strip, Daniel Mansour, died when the strike hit his home. 

Israel positioned tanks near the Gaza border Monday before the cease-fire went into effect.

Hamas, which controls Gaza, says it it skeptical about the truce announcement, and urged Palestinians in Gaza "to take caution."

The truce, beginning at 0700 UTC, was announced just hours after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza town of Rafah killed at least 10 civilians who had sought shelter in a United Nations school.

The Israeli military later said it had targeted three suspected militants near the school, and said it was "reviewing the consequences" of the strike.  It also said Monday\'s truce will not apply to Rafah where military operations were set to continue.

It is the third time in 10 days that a U.N. school has been the target of lethal explosions that have drawn international condemnation. The latest attack also drew a strong rebuke from U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who called it "a moral outrage and a criminal act."

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki called it "disgraceful" and "appalling."

但在预定开始停火的数小时前，以色列发动空袭，打死一名巴勒斯坦激进组织领导人。伊斯兰圣战者组织说，加沙地带北部地区该组织指挥官曼苏尔的住宅被以色列炮弹击中，曼苏尔被打死。

在实行停火之前，以色列星期一在加沙边境附近部署了坦克。

控制加沙地带的哈马斯表示，对以色列宣布实行停火持怀疑态度，并敦促加沙地带的巴勒斯坦人“保持警惕”。

停火将在格林威治时间7点开始。就在宣布停火的几小时前，以色列对加沙地带南部城镇拉法发动空袭，至少导致10名平民丧生，当时他们正在联合国的一所学校里避难。以色列军方随后表示，当时轰炸的目标是学校附近的三名激进分子嫌疑人，并说目前正在审查这次空袭造成的后果。以色列军方还表示，星期一的停火不包括拉法地区，以色列将继续对那里实施军事行动。

10天来，这是联合国学校第三次成为致命轰炸的目标，国际社会对此加以谴责。联合国秘书长潘基文强烈指责最近这次空袭，称其为“违反道德的暴行和犯罪”。
美国国务院发言人莎琪说，空袭联合国学校是“可耻”和“令人震惊”的。