Rockets were allegedly fired into Israel from Gaza and struck the city of Ashkelon just moments after a five-hour ceasefire, as video emerged of Palestinian militants tunnelling under the border.
It came as both Israeli and Hamas officials were said to be considering a second ceasefire at 4am local time (2am UK time) during indirect talks in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
The fragile truce did not end without incident.
The mouth of the Hamas tunnel spotted by Israeli forces Three mortar shells were allegedly fired into Israel from Gaza two hours into the lull.
Israel's military said the mortars landed in the southern Israeli region of Eshkol, but there were no reports of injuries or damage and it was unclear if Israel would retaliate.
The attacks came after Palestinian police said three civilians were killed when Israeli tank shells landed on a house in Gaza minutes before the truce got under way at 10am local time (8am UK time).
An Israeli cannon fires artillery shells into Gaza on Thursday morning A further four people were wounded in the attack on the southern Gazan town of Rafah, according to medics, while the Israeli military said 15 rockets were fired into Israel this morning.
The truce came into force hours after Israel said it had foiled an attack by 13 Palestinian gunmen who tunnelled in from Gaza.
A spokesman said the Hamas fighters were identified some 250 metres inside Israel and were struck by aircraft.
A home Palestinians say was destroyed by an Israeli strike before the truce He said at least one militant was killed and the remaining fighters returned to Gaza through the tunnel, which they had been digging for some time.
They were heading towards Sufa kibbutz, a small community about a mile away, when they were spotted.
It is the second time Palestinian fighters are reported to have infiltrated Israel from Gaza. Last week four were killed as they attempted to enter from the sea.
Gaza City (foreground) and the Israeli city of Ashkelon (background) Around 230 Palestinians have been killed during 10 days of fighting, while one Israeli has died.
They agreed to halt fighting for five hours on humanitarian grounds on Thursday to allow aid to get through and for people to shop for provisions.
Israel said it would stand by the agreement despite the infiltration - but warned the attempted attack "could have had devastating consequences" as the Palestinian fighters were armed with "extensive weapons", including rocket-propelled grenades.
Four children were killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza beach on Wednesday The brief truce comes after four Palestinian children from the same family, aged nine to 11, were killed on Wednesday when a shell landed on a beach they were playing on.
Gaza's health ministry described the attack as "cowardly", while the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) promised a full investigation and said the deaths appeared to have been a "tragic outcome" of a strike aimed at Hamas militants.
Tensions in the region have been inflamed following the kidnap and murder of three Israeli teenagers and the suspected revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager.
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