[su_brk]Gaza Ceasefire Deal Reached Say Palestinians
Palestinian officials say a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached with the help of Egypt.
Click here for reuse options!There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, where a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment.
“An agreement has been reached between the two sides and we are awaiting the announcement from Cairo to determine the zero hour for implementation,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in Gaza.
A spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, one of the Gaza militant groups that has been firing rockets into Israel, said the announcement could be made within two hours.
Cairo’s initiative, Palestinians officials said, called for an indefinite halt to seven weeks of hostilities, the immediate opening of Gaza’s blockaded crossings with Israel and Egypt and a widening of the enclave’s fishing zone in the Mediterranean.
Under a second stage that would begin a month later, Israel and the Palestinians would discuss the construction of a Gaza sea port and an Israeli release of Hamas prisoners in the occupied West Bank, the officials said.
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Pistol-Packing August 26th, 2014 at 12:32
Until Hamas recognizes Israel’s right to exist, this will be nothing more then a dog and pony show that will end in failure. Just like every other cease fire.
Pistol-Packing AKA "Susie" August 26th, 2014 at 12:32
Until Hamas recognizes Israel’s right to exist, this will be nothing more then a dog and pony show that will end in failure. Just like every other cease fire.