Israel has declared a seven-hour humanitarian truce beginning on Monday morning in most of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said it will hold fire from 10am (8am UK time) to 5pm (3pm UK time) to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and for displaced Palestinians to return to their homes - but would fight back if attacked.
The truce would not apply in areas of the southern Gazan town of Rafah where Israeli forces are involved in ongoing clashes, a Defence Ministry official said in a statement.
The announcement comes after the United Nations strongly criticised a third deadly missile strike on a UN school sheltering Palestinians, saying Israel was "repeatedly informed of the location of these sites".
The attack in Rafah on Sunday left 10 civilians dead and wounded another 30, bringing the total Palestinian death toll to more than 1,770.
Palestinians carry an injured man after a strike on a UN school The Israeli military confirmed it had fired on a terrorist target in the vicinity of the school and was "reviewing the consequences of this strike".
Meanwhile, Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner announced the bulk of ground troops had now pulled out of Gaza.
He said the military had caused "substantial damage" to a network of tunnels, which Israel cited as justification for expanding its operation in the territory to include a ground offensive.
Lt Col Lerner emphasised, however, that the operation was not over.
Some Israeli ground troops have reportedly withdrawn from Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned he was prepared to continue the offensive for as long as it took to return his citizens to safety.
At least 30 Palestinians were killed in multiple strikes on Sunday, although it was the attack on the UN-run school that was the focus of international condemnation.
Just days before more than a dozen Palestinians died in an attack on a school-turned-shelter in Jabalya. Another 19 people died at a school in Beit Hanoun last week.
The United States said it was "appalled" by the latest reports of a "disgraceful shelling" of a UN school.
While not directly attributing blame, the State Department called on Israel to do more to "meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties".
Israel buried Hadar Goldin on Sunday, a soldier initially feared abducted British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he had discussed the incident with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni by phone.
In a statement Mr Hammond said that while the facts were not clear he was "appalled at reports of further civilian casualties in the vicinity of a UN-run school".
Israel launched its aerial offensive on July 8 with the declared aim of ending "persistent" rocket fire by militants.
It subsequently sent in ground troops, shifting the focus of the operation to the destruction of the complex system of cross-border tunnels which it said were used by Hamas to infiltrate the country.
Israel had previously reported that the militants had used one such tunnel to kidnap an Israeli soldier.
Israel confirmed Second Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was killed in combat It later confirmed that Second Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was killed in combat, prompting Hamas to accuse Israel of issuing misleading reports.
A funeral was held for the 23-year-old soldier in the Israeli town of Kfar Saba on Sunday.
Israel shunned ceasefire talks in Cairo on Sunday, attended by Egyptian and Palestinian negotiators, as Hamas rockets continued to be fired from Gaza.
During the weeks-long conflict, 64 Israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed.
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