"Conditions for a ceasefire: Why Hamas fires those rockets". The Economist. Diakses tanggal 22 July 2014."After the last big Israeli effort to stop the rockets, in November 2012, it was agreed that, along with a ceasefire, the blockade of Gaza would gradually be lifted and the crossings into Egypt and Israel would be opened. The ceasefire generally held, but the siege continued."
Gaza Fighting Intensifies as Cease-Fire Falls Apart, Jodi Rudoren, and Isabel Kershneraug, August 1, 2014: "Israel said the attack, from under a house near the southern border town of Rafah, took place at 9:20 a.m., soon after the 8 a.m. onset of the temporary truce..."