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Israelis and Palestinians agree to hudna mediated by Egypt
2012-03-13
A ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza after four days of deadly clashes, an Egyptian official says. A Hamas official later confirmed that the truce had been agreed. At least 25 Palestinians have died in Israeli air strikes since Friday, reports say.

Israel says 35 people were injured in Palestinian rocket attacks.

The official was quoted as saying that the Egyptian-mediated truce took effect at 1:00AM local time.
According to the IDF blog, only six Gazan rockets hit Israel as of 2:15 pm today, local time.
The Egyptian official -- who spoke on condition of anonymity -- was quoted by Reuters as saying late on Monday that both Israel and Gaza militants had "agreed to end the current operations".

Shortly afterwards, the Hamas official confirmed the truce.

The official told the BBC that Israel had made an unusual promise to stop targeting militant leaders in Gaza, if rocket attacks on Israel ceased.

Israel has not publicly commented on the reported ceasefire.
Which sounds an awful lot like they didn't actually agree to anything. But they have been saying that when the Gazans stop, they will also.
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