Iftar -- the traditional meal that Muslims eat to break their daylong fasts during Ramadan -- this year is a lonely affair for the Ararawi family, Palestinian people displaced from the refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank they have long called home.

Israeli fire has killed eight people in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours even as a fragile ceasefire with Hamas has largely held.

Nearly 40,000 Palestinians driven from their homes by Israel's monthlong offensive in the West Bank have scattered across nearby villages and towns, trying to find shelter.

An Israeli air strike killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, the territory's civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a January 19 ceasefire agreement.

An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, the territory's civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a Jan.

Israeli fire has killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and three more in the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, even as a fragile ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza has largely held since late January.