An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, the territory's civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a Jan.

The fragile ceasefire has held since it began on Jan. 19, even as Israeli strikes have killed dozens of Palestinians. Israel says it has struck Palestinians who approached its troops, entered unauthorized areas or otherwise violated the terms of the truce.

Israeli military vehicles stationed along Philadelphi Corridor on Gaza-Egypt border opened fire toward Palestinian homes in southern, central Rafah, eyewitnesses say - Anadolu Ajansı