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Related: About this forumIsrael-Gaza ceasefire deal 'reached' 28 minutes ago
A ceasefire deal has been reached to end fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militants in Gaza, an Israeli official has told the BBC.
He said it was due to take effect on Friday at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT).
Hamas have not yet officially commented on the purported ceasefire, said to have been reached after talks in Egypt.
Some 227 Palestinians have died in Israeli air strikes since the current crisis began on 8 July. Militant mortar fire has killed one Israeli.
Israel launched its military operation in Gaza nine days ago with the stated objective of halting Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel.
However, the United Nations says most of those killed in Gaza have been civilians.
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28344637
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Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal 'reached' 28 minutes ago (Original Post)
King_David
Jul 2014
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azurnoir
(45,850 posts)1. Israeli source to Ynet: No ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza
Denial comes in wake of BBC report that truce was to take hold Friday morning; Hamas also denies ceasefire claims via international and social media.
Israel has not reached a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday, negating a BBC report that truce talks currently underway in Cairo had come to fruition.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4545200,00.html
but then again this is Yvette speaking this is one time I hope you're right
ToI is running the same headline
King_David
(14,851 posts)2. Who's Yvette ?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)3. Avigdor Lieberman but sadly Jpost and Haaretz are reporting pretty much the same thing ;(
bemildred
(90,061 posts)4. It sounds like they are talking to the right people now, but still trying to "negotiate".
When they figure out they are lucky to have someone to "negotiate" with, this should end quickly.
Naturally, the colonists and their supporters don't like it.