There was quiet at the Israel-Gaza border after a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians, scheduled to last 72 hours, began at 00:00 on Monday (August 11).<br /><br />Residents of Gaza City, displaced by weeks of fighting, returned home and shops started to open. <br /><br />Markets bustled, as Gazans took the opportunity to stock up on supplies.<br /><br />Elsewhere, four wounded Palestinians arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara for treatment. <br /><br />Turkey is seeking Israeli and Egyptian agreement for an air corridor to proceed with plans to evacuate hundreds of people from Gaza.<br /><br />A month of war has claimed more than 1,900 Palestinian lives according to the United Nations.<br /><br />Sixty-seven Israelis have been killed.
