Babies honoured at ceremony were all born in U.N. schools, turned shelters, as fighting continued in Gaza
Temporary truce between Israel and Hamas ended today, despite talks in Egypt between the two sides
Hamas rockets fired at southern Israel, just hours before extended 24-hour ceasefire was due to expire
Israel immediately ordered a military response, with warplanes striking targets in Gaza strip
Israeli official confirms negotiators were ordered back from Cairo, where peace talks had been taking place

Tenderly wrapped in blankets, these babies' peaceful sleep could not be further from their traumatic start to life at a United Nations-run shelter as their mothers tried to escape the fighting which has devastated the Gaza strip.

Perhaps used to the sound of explosions and gunfire, the seven Palestinian babies slept soundly as they were welcomed into the world by displaced families at a ceremony held in their honour at one of the U.N. schools
transformed into shelters
, where thousands have been living since the dispute began a month ago.But it is likely the coming weeks will be far less serene for the newborns, as a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came to an end today, as a breach by Hamas led to further Israeli airstrikes

Earlier today, Israel ordered its negotiators back from talks in Cairo and warplanes hit targets in Gaza after Palestinian rockets smashed into the country's south as the two sides were observing a 24-hour truce.
Nine days of relative quiet in the skies over Gaza came to an abrupt halt when three rockets struck southern Israel just hours before the truce was to expire at midnight local time.

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