BBCNEWS BBC July 2, 2024
i'm anna foster live here in southern israel where we are now four hours into a cease fire in the israel gaza war. it was a shaky start, and there were bombardments up start, and there were bombardments up to the deadline, but it has been peaceful for the last few hours. fighting has stopped, the air strikes have stopped, the sound of small arms fire and mortar fire which has been such a regular feature of life for people in the gaza strip and which i have seen and heard from here in southern israel for now seems to have taken hold, and this is a crucial part of the day ahead. ijust ...