Israel has agreed to an Egyptian brokered truce with the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli defence official said the ceasefire would start on Thursday morning. Egypt and Hamas first announced the deal on Tuesday. A senior Hamas official said the ceasefire would last six months. The truce aims at halting rocket and mortar attacks on Israel from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. In return, Israel is to stop raids in the territory. Earlier, Israel said it was willing to give the truce a chance but that it was also readying troops for a possible ground offensive should the agreement fail.
(Deutsche Global Media Forum in Bonn wraps up second day ...
Egypt rumours disrupt Jewish trip ...
Relaunch of Israeli-Syrian peace talks possible ...
Hamas men 'tortured in Egypt' ... Welle)
more info >>
<< Back