CRI听力:Gaza Temporary Truce Starts

A five-hour cease-fire has started between Israel and the Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.

The cease-fire comes after the two sides agreed to a UN appeal which calls for humanitarian relief in the enclave.

Thousand of Gaza residents have ventured out from their homes to get supplies while traffic on the roads is building up.

Fighting continued until the cease-fire came into effect at 10 AM local time.

Israel says eight Palestinians were killed as a dozen Palestinian fighters tried to infiltrate southern Israel through tunnels in Gaza.

The army also conducted 37 raids overnight on Gaza, while seven rockets were fired from the Strip.

So far, Hamas rocket attacks have killed one Israeli over the past nine days.

Israeli raids have left 227 Palestinians dead, including four children who were killed while playing on a beach near Gaza.

Mouin Ghaffir is a local resident.

"This is not a life we are living now. At any moment we could be targeted, at any moment they could demolish the house on top of us. They demolished a home with the people inside. They had done nothing. What have we done?"

Ghaffir says although the Israeli army sends warnings though calls, text messages and leaflets dropped from planes before airstrikes, he and his family have nowhere to go.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and top Hamas leaders are currently holding talks about a permanent cease-fire in Egypt.

Hamas has presented a list of prerequisites for a 10-year truce with Israel.

It is reported the demands include the easing of the economic blockade on Gaza and an end to Israeli strikes on the territory.