Early on Saturday, Palestinian fighters fired rockets from Gaza towards Israel in response to attacks by Israeli aircrafts on the fifth day of aggression on the coastal enclave.
The violence also spilled onto the occupied West Bank, where two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid on the outskirts of Nablus.
A new ceasefire proposal was circulated late on Friday by Egypt, which has been mediating between the two sides after a previous bid fell through, a Palestinian source has said.
A Palestinian official familiar with the truce talks described them as "complicated" and "tough" but confirmed that Cairo was pressing ahead with its efforts.
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