. >> bethany bell in jerusalem. there are reports that israel is scaling back some of its military activity. >> reporter: well, we have not heard from the israeli army that it's deploying some of its troops. we understand there's a pull back towards the gaza border area in certain part of the gaza strip. the operations army say are are continuing near rafah. there's some speculation here that israel may be considering some type of unilateral withdrawal from gaza without agreed negotiation ceasefire with hamas. i think there's little signs that people are expecting the fighting to end soon. the israeli army has said it will respond to rocket fire from gaza. there's been ten rockets fired today. there's also been more cross border tunnels the army hasn't identified yet. it said it destroyed most of those. it's likely intelligence will be trying to scour the area after long the border to see if there are more of them. >> when israel says it's pausing if for humanitarian purposes and we see a strike like this after the

bbc bethany bell is in jerusalem. y, can you give us the clarity if you like from the prime minister's office in particular as to why this is all broken down? >> well, the israeli prime minister's office, officials initially said the ceasefire has collapsed. they later scaled back that language accusing hamas of breaching the ceasefire. hah has accused israel of breaching the ceasefire. it's not exactly clear what has been going on this morning. we know from one israeli official who said israeli troops had come under attack and that there were casualty temperatures and that they responded. now that is very -- we understand most is happening down south in rafah on the gaza side and near kerem shalom on the israeli side in the south. this is unclear. we haven't had official confirmation as to what may have happened down there. we know the gaza ministry of health says 27 palestinians have died in the fighting. there appear according to unconfirmed reports in israeli media, at least two incidents, one a morter fire from ga

bethany bell is in jerusalem for us. what do we know from the israeli side about this ceasefire, why it's happening? >> israel army says it's completed its task of destroying 32 cross border tunnels through can which palestinian militants have been trying to enter israel. it has said that task it identified as the main task in the conflict is complete. it's withdrawn troops back to the border. it says it can ready to respond to any rocket fire that may come from gaza into israel. it also has to be pointed out it's possible there are other tunnels the army has not been able to detect. it's likely it will concentrate on trying to look for possible evidence of more tunnels. for the moment, it appears this temporary ceasefire is holding. >> live pictures there from gaza look quiet at least in that shot for us at the moment. what do we know now about a potential longer ceasefire negotiation? what is the israeli position? >> well israel left options open in this. a few days ago it didn't go to join negotiations in cairo. a pal

we can bring you up to date with the latest lines with bethany bell in jerusalem for us.do that for us? we're hearing obviously different things every minute or so from both sides. what is the latest? >> well the israeli army says the cease fire is over. it says it's concerned palestinian militants may have kidnapped one of the soldiers. this happened in an indent in south of the gaza strip this morning. the israeli army was working to try to destroy one of the cross border tunnels about an hour and a half into this humanitarian ceasefire. that was allowed under the terms of the truce. they said palestinian militants came up from the ground from one of the entrances to the tunnels. one of them they said was a suicide bomber who blew himself up. there was exchange of fire. now one israeli soldier is missing. the army hasn't commented on his consider. it's not clear if he's dead or alive. the army says they've notified his family. one senior israeli official told bbc hamas had broken the ceasefire and would pay a heavy price. he said it would suffer a crushing blow. >> beth