UPDATE, July 26, 6 p.m. ET: Israeli government officials have reportedly agreed to an additional 24-hour cease-fire with Hamas militants that began at 5 p.m. ET, though Hamas has yet to concur. The officials also said the Israeli military would continue to dismantle tunnels used by Hamas militants and would still retaliate against any Hamas attacks.

Israeli officials have reportedly agreed to a four-hour extension of its military's cease-fire with Hamas, though Hamas has rejected the agreement.

The original ceasefire began Saturday at 8 a.m., local time, during which displaced Gaza residents trekked back to their homes, many of which have been destroyed by Israeli air and rocket strikes since the conflict began in early July.

Hamas has also fired a constant stream of rockets into Israel, but the country's missile defense system — called the Iron Dome — has prevented the majority of those rockets from doing any damage. More than 1,000 Palestinians have died in the fighting, according to the Associated Press, the majority of whom were civilians, many of them children. The Israeli death toll is now 40, including 35 soldiers and two civilians.

Around 6,000 Palestinians have also been wounded in the fighting, and 160,000 have sought refuge in area schools run by the United Nations. The Obama administration has argued that Israel has not done enough to prevent civilian casualties; however, others claim Hamas militants have been operating near civilians, so that Israeli strikes will kill innocent people, and therefore win Palestinians more sympathy.

We've compiled photos from the cease-fire in Gaza, below: