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| Israel mulls Egypt truce plan for Gaza, Hamas says no |
| 2014-07-15 |
| [TRIBUNE.PK] Israel was on Tuesday weighing an Egyptian truce proposal for an immediate ceasefire after a week of the most deadly violence in and around Gazoo for years. Cairo has proposed a ceasefire which would come into effect at 0600 GMT, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convening ministers from his security cabinet to consider the offer, which has won support from Washington. But the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, movement, whose bully boyz have fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in the past week, ruled out any end to the fighting without a fully-fledged agreement as the corpse count in Gazoo from the eight-day conflict rose to 188. Cairo's proposal came after Washington warned Israel against a ground offensive and as US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... was due to arrive in Cairo to throw his weight behind diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed, Egyptian state media reported. US President Barack Obama I am the change that you seek... welcomed the Egyptian initiative, describing the deaths of Paleostinian civilians as a "tragedy" while expressing support for Israel's right to defend itself against rocket attacks. "We are encouraged that Egypt has made a proposal to accomplish this goal that we hope can restore the calm that we are seeking," said Obama. |
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