Gaza-Israel ceasefire hopes after 10 killed

Sources close to Gaza militant groups said early yesterday that they were trying to call a halt to rocket fire that brought deadly retaliatory Israeli air strikes.
Egypt tried to broker an end to a day of retaliatory rocket and air attacks which killed nine Palestinian militants and an Israeli civilian in Ashkelon.
The ceasefire was reportedly due to start at first 01:00 GMT or 04:00 GMT. Israeli officials said the exchange of fire was continuing into Sunday.
The violence is the most serious since a prisoner exchange between the sides.
Earlier this month, 477 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails in a swap for the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
A further 500 Palestinian prisoners are due to be freed later this year as part of the deal between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist militant group that governs in Gaza.
BBC Gaza correspondent Jon Donnison says an escalation of violence could jeopardise those releases.
Amongst the first batch of releases were members of Islamic Jihad, the group involved in the violence on Saturday.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP news agency that 12 rockets were fired into Israel overnight, the last shortly before 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT).
According to the AP news agency quoting an Israeli military statement, Israeli aircraft targeted six militant sites in Gaza overnight.