There has been a lull in hostilities in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants said that a ceasefire with Israel had been agreed.
It comes after a weekend during which Palestinian militants launched hundreds of rockets into Israel prompting retaliatory air and artillery strikes.
At least four Israelis and 25 Palestinians were killed.
Israel has not confirmed the truce, but its military has lifted emergency measures in place in southern Israel.
The violence flared up on Friday during a protest against the blockade of Gaza.
A TV station run by Hamas – the militant movement which controls Gaza – announced that both sides had agreed the ceasefire, beginning at 04:30 local time (01:30 GMT).
Egypt is said to have brokered it – assisted by the United Nations and Qatar.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has not mentioned the truce, though the military said it had lifted protective restrictions imposed on residents in southern Israel since the flare up began, including schools close to the strip reopening.
Shortly after the ceasefire reportedly went into effect, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement : “The campaign is not over…we are preparing to continue”.
Early on Monday the IDF said militants had fired 690 rockets into southern Israel during the past 48 hours – 240 of which had been intercepted by the country’s Iron Dome missile defence system.
In response, Israel had targeted 350 sites belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the IDF said.
Mr Netanyahu had earlier warned that forces around the strip would be “stepped up with tank, artillery and infantry forces”.
