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TIME asked residents of Gaza and Israel to chronicle their lives on Thursday - the day Israel's forces started a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory._  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 31, 2014 10:09 PM UTC  Amidst the morning fog, smoke from an Israeli strike rises over Gaza City on July 26, 2014 Amidst the morning fog, smoke from an Israeli strike rises over Gaza City on July 26, 2014 Lefteris Pitarakis—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 31, 2014 10:09 PM UTC The U.S. and U.N. announced Thursday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire, which will begin Friday morning at 8 a.m. local time. The U.S. and U.N. said in a joint statement that both sides have agreed to suspend fighting in Gaza while they engaged in negotiations in Cairo. “During this time the forces on the ground will remain in place,” said the announcement released jointly by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Israeli troops that have entered Gaza will remain there. “This cease-fire is critical to giving innocent civilians a much-needed reprieve from violence,” the statement reads. “During this period, civilians in Gaza will receive urgently needed humanitarian relief, and the opportunity to carry out vital functions, including burying the dead, taking care of the injured, and restocking food supplies. Overdue repairs on essential water and energy infrastructure could also continue during this period.” More than 1,400 Palestinians and dozens of Israelis have died since the strikes began earlier this month. ## Transcript As you see now, Gaza is totally in a blackout and there is ED drones are hovering over the sky. Hard to hear. Some sirens going off. One bomb went off. There's another one. And we'll start our day. [ MUSIC ] Good morning, it is about 8 o'clock in the morning on Thursday. We're here in Tel Aviv. Sort of the cultural heartbeat of Israel. There's suppose to be a six hour humanitarian. Cease fire this morning so hopefully things will remain quiet. If you can hear this, this is my friend's cell phone. It's beeping right now every time there's a siren somewhere in Israel it goes off and it's been beeping like crazy. It's a little fuzzy here but in in the south. And north all over Israel, missiles are dropping. Yeah, [ UNKNOWN ] leave their homes. To bring the necessities during the ceasefire. Hello, my name is Basel, I'm 19 years old from Gaza strip. I lived once in the States, in the state of Oregon. It was a heck of an experience to me. It actually spoiled me because we had electricity in the states all the time. And when you get back to Gaza it's only 8 hours. And it's [ INAUDIBLE ] of 8 hours. Here we are in Tel Aviv. It's about 12: 30 pm, about 2 1 / 2 hours after. The ceasefire was begun Hamas broke about half an hour ago but nevertheless this is life here. Barely minutes after the end of that truce two rockets were fired, headed for Israel. I'm pretty bored so I'm gonna make a lot of these videos. Just for the heck of it. I certainly have nothing to do sort of sitting down reading something and waiting for the first day of the internet to come back. Israel and Tel Aviv. You have to understand. People aren't out jogging and in cafes because they're casual about conflict. It's because one of the amazing things about people in this country. Is that with all the wars this country's been through and the struggles and the conflict it's been through, and the struggles and the conflict, people have learned to be pretty resilient. And they live life to the fullest. So we just received word that Israel has started their ground operation. And as you can see, the streets of Tel Aviv are very concerned with the updates, [ NOISE ]. As you hear, there is a lot of bombing there. [ NOISE ] And the light flares are falling from the sky. 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