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• June 19: Palestinian security force officers from Hamas patrol a street in Gaza City.
• June 19: Palestinian children collect stones from a building destroyed in recent years of conflict with Israel in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
• June 19: A Palestinian youth stands in a balcony of a building damaged in recent years of conflict with Israel in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Israeli soldiers play backgammon near an army base close to the Kissufim Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Israeli children attempt to climb a hill during a bike ride near Beeri, southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Israeli soldiers play volleyball near an army base close to the Kissufim Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
• June 19: A Palestinian boy flies a kite as he stands on a building destroyed in recent years of conflict with Israel in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
• June 19: An Israeli soldier tries to hit a volleyball as he plays near an army base close to the Kissufim Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Palestinian children play on the beach in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
• June 19: An Israeli soldier reads in his tent near an army base close to the Kissufim Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Israeli soldiers rest at a tent in an army base near the Kissufim Crossing, on the border with the Gaza Strip.
• June 19: A donkey cart passes by a line of gas canisters left by Palestinians waiting to fill them up with cooking gas in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Palestinian security force officers from Hamas play table tennis at the police headquarters in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Palestinian security force officers from Hamas drink tea together at the police headquarters in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Palestinian security force officers from Hamas policemen play table tennis at the police headquarters in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Israeli soldiers play soccer next to a tank at the Kissufim Crossing, on the border with the Gaza Strip. Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early Thursday, marred only by widespread skepticism about its ability to hold.
• June 19: An Israeli soldier sleeps in a hammock at a base near the Kissufim Crossing, on the border with the Gaza Strip, as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect.
• June 19: An Israeli soldier jumps from a tank at the Kissufim Crossing, on the border with the Gaza Strip. The Gaza cease-fire, which Egypt labored for months to conclude, aims to bring an end to a year of fighting that has killed seven Israelis and more than 400 Palestinians.
• June 19: An Israeli soldier reads a newspaper as he sits on top of a tank at the Kissufim Crossing, on the border with the Gaza Strip.
• June 19: Palestinian gunmen from the militant wing of the Islamic group Hamas, carry equipment as they leave their position at the beginning of a cease-fire near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City.