Gaza israel ceasefire
Palestinians agree Gaza ceasefire: Hamas, Islamic Jihad sources
An Egyptian official also confirmed the deal on condition of anonymity.
Hostilities escalated last week, with Palestinian gunfire killing an Israeli soldier and Israel’s military killing three Hamas fighters and a fourth Palestinian.
Hamas leader Al-Zahar says it’s necessary to turn the current Palestinian uprising into an armed resistance.
A ceasefire last August ended the fighting which killed over 2,000 Palestinians and six Israelis.
More than 2,100 Palestinians were killed during the fighting, most of them civilians and children.
The text calls for the full withdrawal of Israel from all of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.
Palestinians and Israelis will today hold talks to cement a ceasefire agreed to by both sides.
With the economy reeling, the enclave now faces an almost impossible task of rebuilding.
Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein has called on the international community to end the conflict in the two countries.
Senior military officers laid out details of the ranges and number of rockets fired by Hamas.
Four Paws says it’s hoping to be allowed into Gaza to begin a rescue operation at the local zoo.
Palestinian officials said the ceasefire has been reached under Egyptian mediation.
The pre-dawn airstrikes set off huge explosions, killed 2 and wounded 20 people.
Qais Abu Leila, a senior Palestinian official, said Cairo had proposed an indefinite ceasefire.
Egypt has called on Israel and the Palestinians to halt hostilities & resume peace talks attacks are ongoing.
Violence continued in the Gaza Strip with Israel carrying out air strikes and militants firing rockets.
Israeli aircraft bombed the Gaza Strip while Palestinian militants fired rockets at the Jewish state.
A follow up meeting is scheduled to take place between Jacob Zuma and pro-Palestinian organisations.
Israeli air strikes killed 11 Palestinians including the wife and infant son of Hamas’s military leader.