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Photos: After 11 days of violence, Israel & Hamas agree on a ceasefire
A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on May 21 after the worst violence in years. Gaza officials said some 16,800 homes were damaged and residents were getting three or four hours of power compared with 12 hours before the fighting. The Israeli military says its air strikes destroyed tunnels used by Hamas, militant commanders' homes, rocket launching sites and weapons production and storage facilities. The violence erupted on May 10, triggered by Palestinians' anger at what they saw as Israeli curbs on their rights in Jerusalem, including during police confrontations with protesters at Al-Aqsa mosque during the Ramadan fasting month.
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Palestinian men hug in front of Al-Shuruq building, destroyed by an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City on May 21. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, appeared to hold on May 21 after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets.(Mahmud Hams / AFP)
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An aerial view of the Jala Tower in Gaza City, levelled by an Israeli air-strike. Israeli aerial bombardment of the densely populated enclave killed 243 Palestinians, including 66 children, wounded more than 1,900 and damaged critical infrastructure and thousands of homes, Reuters reported.(Mahmud Hams / AFP)
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Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (2L), Slovakia's Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok (C) and Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek (2R), visit the site of a rocket attack in Petah Tikvah, Israel, on May 20. In Israel, 12 people were killed and hundreds treated for injuries in rocket attacks that caused panic and sent people rushing into shelters, Reuters reported.(Sebastian Scheiner / AP)
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People wave the Palestinian flag as they celebrate in front of a destroyed building in Gaza City early on May 21, following the ceasefire. Palestinians who had spent 11 days huddled in fear of Israeli shelling poured into Gaza's streets, embracing one another in celebration in front of bombed-out buildings on streets covered in wreckage.(Mahmud Hams / AFP)
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Smoke rises from a factory hit by Israeli shells in the recent cross-border violence, at sunrise in Gaza on May 21. Mosque loudspeakers feted "the victory of the resistance achieved over the Occupation (Israel)," Reuters reported.(Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / REUTERS)
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Mourners react during the funeral of Mohammad Kiwan, a 17-year-old Palestinian who succumbed to his wounds after being shot during confrontations with Israeli troops last week, in Umm al-Fahm, Israel, on May 20. Both Israel and Hamas said it was ready to retaliate for any truce violations by the other. Egypt said it would send two delegations to monitor the ceasefire it had mediated, Reuters reported.(Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
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Palestinians return to her neighbourhood hit by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, after the ceasefire, on May 21. Israel said it had killed at least 160 combatants, but Hamas cast the fighting as successful resistance to a militarily and economically stronger foe, Reuters reported.(Mohammed Abed / AFP)
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