Israeli warplanes three times struck the border causing the residents to flee their homes in extreme fright.
Israeli strikes occur as the regime had killed a young Palestinian farmer on the Gaza border near Kissufim crossing.
Hamas and Israel announced their own ceasefires on January 18, ending a 22-day long war that devastated Gaza and left more than 1,400 Palestinians dead, but they have not agreed to a truce.
Hamas says it will not agree to a ceasefire that does not end Israel's blockade of Gaza and says Shalit will be released in a prisoner swap with Israel.
Israel has said it will not open the border crossings until Shalit, captured in June 2006 in a cross-border raid by a militant group including Islamic Jihad, is released by Hamas.
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