farmworker. according to the united nations, more than 180,000 palestinians have been displaced and are now livingn shelters. last week 16 palestinians died at a un shelter when it came under fire. on sunday israel acknowledged for the first time that its troops had fired a mortar shell that hit the courtyard of the un shelter but it still denies carrying out the deadly attack. for more on gaza, we go now to gaza city where we are joined by democracy now correspondent sharif abdel kouddous. can you tell us more about what is happening now? >> as we talk about the ongoing , the shelling has really been restricted to some areas in the north, as well as the east and the south. four people have been killed today, including a child. we have pulled out at least seven bodies in the south. an area that has not been reachable by the red cross or ambulances until today. this comes after a weekend in which, as you mentioned, a 12 hour humanitarian truce was agreed upon on saturday, allowing thousands to return to their homes for the first time. we went to those areas on saturday. a town northeast of the gaza