Barrage of rockets strikes Israel as bomb shelters ordered open
Hamas claimed responsibility for a barrage of rockets fired on southern and central Israel, including Tel Aviv.
Hamas claimed responsibility for a barrage of rockets fired on southern and central Israel, including Tel Aviv.
Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour cease-fire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war.
Rockets fired from Gaza continued to land in populated areas of Israel after its security Cabinet accepted and put into effect an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire.
Negotiators for Israel and Hamas are holding separate talks with Egyptian mediators to iron out the details of last week\’s cease-fire.
Egyptian mediators began separate talks on Monday with Hamas and with Israel to flesh out details of a ceasefire agreed last week that ended eight days of fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli soldiers reportedly killed one man and wounded another 19 near the fence which separates Gaza from Israel.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel and Hamas to stick to pledges under a cease-fire deal which came into effect on Wednesday to end the eight-day conflict around the Gaza Strip.
Following is the verbatim English text of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza that was reached on Wednesday with Egyptian mediation. The text was distributed by the Egyptian presidency.
A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza comes with Egyptian \”guarantees\”, an Egyptian source close to truce talks told Reuters on Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza had come at a crucial time for countries of the Middle East.