--- description: Israel and Hamas resume fire, the death penalty is ruled unconstitutional, Obama places more sanctions on Russia, and Drake cosplays. title: Israel and Hamas Resume Fire image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d3e7006fb2bda06/69869c1835ba6f65f5c030c9/israel-palestine-gaza.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Brief](/tag/the-brief/) ## The Brief Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Israel and Hamas Resume Fire by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2014 4:41 PM CUT  An Israeli tank maneuvers to take a position along the Israel-Gaza Border, July 17, 2014. An Israeli tank maneuvers to take a position along the Israel-Gaza Border, July 17, 2014.Ariel Schalit—AP by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2014 4:41 PM CUT Here are the stories TIME is following on Thursday, July 17. The “humanitarian pause” between Israel and Hamas is over as rockets were fired into Israel at 3 p.m. local time. Israeli officials say a ground invasion of Gaza is increasingly likely. A Federal Judge ruled that California’s death penalty system is so broken that it has become unconstitutional, violating the eighth amendment’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishment.” President Obama announced further sanctions against Russian companies in response to the country’s continued involvement in Ukraine . And finally, the ESPYS had a lot of winners, and rapper-turned-host Drake dressed up as a whole lot of them, cosplaying some of the night’s biggest stars as part of his emcee duties. The Brief is published daily on weekdays. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3001447/israel-and-hamas-resume-fire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3001447/israel-and-hamas-resume-fire/"},"headline":"Israel and Hamas Resume Fire","datePublished":"2014-07-17T16:41:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:12:14.025Z","description":"Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now—from the editors of TIME","url":"https://time.com/3001447/israel-and-hamas-resume-fire/","keywords":["The Brief"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d3e7006fb2bda06/69869c1835ba6f65f5c030c9/israel-palestine-gaza.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d3e7006fb2bda06/69869c1835ba6f65f5c030c9/israel-palestine-gaza.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An Israeli tank maneuvers to take a position along the Israel-Gaza Border, July 17, 2014.","caption":"An Israeli tank maneuvers to take a position along the Israel-Gaza Border, July 17, 2014.","creditText":"Ariel Schalit—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-brief/","name":"The Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3001447/israel-and-hamas-resume-fire/","name":"Israel and Hamas Resume Fire"}}]}] ```