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Iran Border Province Contributes $41m Aid To Gaza Residents

Shahr-e Kord, Charmahal-o Bakhtiari Prov, Aug 2, IRNA – Managing Director of Iranian western border province Charmahal-o Bakhtiari said here Friday that provincial residents have collected 130 billion Iranian rials (around US $41mln) cash contribution for Muslim Gaza residents. ˈFollowing the bestial massacre of the defenseless Gaza people by the usurper racist Zionist regime, the Red Crescent Society of Charmahal-o Bakhtiari Province called on the people for collecting their contributions for the purpose,ˈ Mohammad Foroughi told the local media in Charmahal-o Bakhtiari Friday night. ˈFrom the International Qods Day to the Eid-al Fitr 400 members of the Red Crescent Society of Charmahal-o Bakhtiari in 99 stationary and fixed offices of the Red Crescent Society collected 130 billion Iranian rials of the provincial philanthropist peopleˈs cash contribution for their Gaza Muslim brethren and sisters in need,ˈ added the provincial Red Crescent official. That is while only on Friday, dozens of Palestinians were killed just hours into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, medics say, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a 72-hour pause in fighting. According to reports from a Rafah hospital, at least 40 people were killed on Friday as Israeli tanks fired shells into eastern Rafah. There was an immediate lull in fighting as the truce began at 8 am local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday. However, less than three hours later, medics reported deaths in the south of the Palestinian territory. Al Jazeeraˈs Nicole Johnston, reporting from just east of Khan Younis in the south, reported ˈa very regular thud of shells from Israeli tanksˈ. Before the beginning of the ceasefire, 14 people were killed in the Gaza Strip, according to medics. For its part, the Israeli army said five of its soldiers had died in mortar fire near the Gaza border. Hopes of an end to the bloodshed had risen early on Friday after US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a joint UN-US ceasefire proposal. Both sides swiftly confirmed their commitment to the truce, after 25 days of bloody confrontation. While the proposal was accepted by Hamas, a spokesman stressed it was dependent on Israel reciprocating. ˈHamas and all the resistance movements have accepted a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire from 8:00am on Friday which will be respected by all these movements if the other party also observes the ceasefire,ˈ Fawzi Barhum was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. At least 1,464 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed since Israel launched its offensive. Sixty-four Israeli soldiers have been killed, in addition to three civilians killed by rockets fired from Gaza./end

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