Residents gather at the site of an Israeli air strike on a residential building in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel continues to pummel the Palestinian territory, on day 47 of its ongoing war with Hamas as both sides announced a deal on Wednesday allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed, while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce after weeks of all-out war. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES