A truce suspending the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza was to take effect on November 20. [WARNING: Some images are graphic]
An Israeli army artillery piece is positioned in an agricultural field in southern Israel as Hamas fires rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, November 20, 2012. UPI/Mati Milstein
Israeli soldiers and civilians take cover alongside a highway as Hamas fires rockets into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, November 20, 2012. UPI/Mati Milstein
An Israeli army artillery piece is positioned in an agricultural field in southern Israel as Hamas fires rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, November 20, 2012. UPI/Mati Milstein
An Israeli raises his national flag on an APC as Israeli army units gather and prepare their equipment in southern Israel near Gaza while Hamas fires rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, November 20, 2012. UPI/Mati Milstein