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Israel-Hamas Gaza truce largely holds after flare-up
Hamas said it had agreed to the truce with Israel, a day after clashes killed an Israeli soldier and four Palestinians, three of them Hamas fighters.
Immediately after Hamas took power, Israel moved to isolate the militant group by restricting the flow of goods and people in and out of Gaza.
The Islamist group said Israel was trying to sabotage its relationship with other Arab powers.
Talks in Cairo showed no signs of a breakthrough on Monday, hours before the expiration of a 5-day ceasefire.
Demonstrators gathered in Kaizersgracht Street in the CBD today and marched to Parliament.
Israel said it would hold fire in most of the Gaza Strip to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid.
Palestinian medical officials say at least 150 civilians and 31 children have been killed.
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency said the suspects were being questioned at one of its installations.
Hamas said six of its members were killed in air strikes in Rafah.
Govt has called for the teenagers to be released following their disappearance in Israel 8 days ago.
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal angers Israel with vows to "free the land of Palestine inch by inch."
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the ceasefire in Gaza had come at a crucial time.
After six days of rocket fire, international pressure for a truce in the Gaza Strip intensifies.
Egypt brokers called an informal Israel/Gaza truce after Palestinian militants held fire overnight.
In the second day of the Gaza strike Israel kills a Hamas gunman in response to rocket fire.