CAIRO, August 04. /ITAR-TASS/. A Palestinian boy was killed by an Israeli strike an hour after a seven-hour truce was announced in Gaza, the enclave's health officials said Monday.

The truce is intended to deliver humanitarian aid to the enclave’s residents and allow Palestinians to return to their homes abandoned as a result of combat operations that have been going on for 28 days. Israel will retaliate with fire to the truce violation by Palestinians, the Israeli army’s press office said.

“We’ll continue destroying Hamas tunnels and respond to any attempt to inflict damage on Israeli citizens and soldiers,” the press office said.