A team of international medical experts have travelled to Gaza to help people injured in the conflict there. It follows the start of a new 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants which continues to hold.
Discussions are continuing to broker a longer-term truce.
The talks in Cairo, which include indirect negotiations with the Palestinians, are aimed at securing a lasting end to the month-long conflict.
As the Israelis arrived in Cairo, a Palestinian delegation was already locked in talks with Egyptian intelligence mediators, who will relay their demands to the Israeli negotiators.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes the break will provide a "chance to agree on a durable ceasefire for the benefit of all civilian populations".
Since the last truce broke on Friday, warplanes have reportedly hit more than 170 targets in Gaza, killing at least 19 Palestinians.
Those injured include seven-year-old Maha, who was paralysed from the neck down in an airstrike that killed her family and who doctors are hoping to evacuate for specialist treatment.
Meanwhile, militants fired at least 136 rockets at Israel. Some 93 hit, according to the army. The death toll since Israel launched its military campaign on July 8th topped 2,000 on Sunday - 1,939 Palestinians and 67 on the Israeli side.
The break in fire will allow Gazans to stock up on supplies and recover the dead buried beneath rubble.
Many Palestinians can only return to piles of rubble as more than 10,000 homes have been destroyed and the livelihoods of 300,000 people ruined. Almost a third of the population - 500,000 people - are displaced within Gaza.
Preliminary reports say rebuilding Gaza will cost up to €6bn, according to the UN.
Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal said for the ceasefire to hold, Israel must end its blockade of the Gaza Strip and reopen the seaport.
Israel's campaign has been aimed at destroying Hamas' infrastructure, including its network of tunnels under the Gaza-Israel border intended for staging attacks in the Israeli territory.
Away from Gaza, an 11-year-old Palestinian boy was apparently shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank.
Mohammed Khalil al Anati was killed in Al Fawwar refugee camp, southwest of the city of Hebron, a medical official said
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev says they are open to all options.
Meanwhile the Israeli ambassador to Ireland Boaz Modai believes the vast majority of people in this country are either neutral, or support Israel in their battle with Hamas.
Ambassador Modai told the Pat Kenny Show here on Newstalk he believes those who oppose Israeli actions have the wrong idea.
He also reiterated that he believes Israel's response to the conflict is not disproportionate:
Newstalk reporter Shona Murray is at the Israel-Gaza border, and told Newstalk Breakfast earlier that both sides are holding firm in their demands:
Israeli activist Oran Alisi is from the city of Ashkelon, which has been the target of Hamas rocket attacks.
She told Newstalk's Shona Murray that only Gazans can change the situation:
Originally posted - 6:15am
