There were no reports of bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks as Israel and Hamas started a four-day truce in Gaza, the first pause in a 48-day-old war that has devastated the Palestinian enclave, Reuters reports.

The news outlet’s correspondent near the northern part of Gaza heard no Israeli air force activity overhead, and saw no tell-tale contrails typically left by Palestinian rocket launches.

Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV reported that since the start of the truce, no sounds of bombing were heard in Gaza.

Read the full report here.

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