A ceasefire has come into effect in Gaza after at least 34 Palestinians were killed over two days of violence.

The fighting began on Tuesday after Israel killed a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad militant group, Bahaa Abu el-Atta.

The group fired rockets into Israel in response and Israel responded with scores of airstrikes.
Palestinian officials said a seven-year-old boy and six members of a single family were among those killed in the airstrikes.

Palestinians gather around remains of a destroyed house in an Israeli air strike in Deir al-Balah, 14-11-2019. Image: Mahmoud Khattab/Zuma Press/PA Images

The ceasefire, brokered by Egypt, came into effect a 5:30am (3:30am Irish time) this morning.

Israel currently has no sitting Government in place after the most recent set of elections ended in deadlock.