Airstrikes and rocket attacks between Israeli and Palestinian fighters killed several people on Saturday.<br /><br />Following the border violence, Egyptian officials tried to secure a tacit truce between the two sides.<br /><br />But the attempt failed on Sunday as Israel said that three rockets had been fired at them from Gaza after the ceasefire deadline had passed. <br /><br />Saturday's exchange began with an Israeli attack in Rafah city, which Israel said was in response to rocket attacks launched from Gaza earlier in the week.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Julia Mills reports.
