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Topic: Gaza crisis: Israel-Hamas
ceasefire agreement holds |
Gaza crisis: Israel-Hamas
ceasefire agreement holds
BBC News, by Jon Donnison
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Posted By:Drive, 11/22/2012 9:04:13 AM
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| A ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement that runs the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding on Thursday. Israel radio said some rockets had been fired from Gaza, but there was no sign of an Israeli response. Overnight, thousands of Gaza residents poured on to the streets to celebrate, waving flags and setting off fireworks. The UN Security Council has called on Israel and Hamas to uphold the agreement, brokered by Egypt. Overnight, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said it had arrested 55 "terror operatives" in the West Bank, including some at a senior level, in an effort to "restore calm".
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
JAN, 11/22/2012 9:19:13 AM (No. 9029068)
Please don´t notice the rockets still landing in Israel.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
kanphil, 11/22/2012 9:56:06 AM (No. 9029147)
Hamas agreed only so they would have time to reload.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
provide, 11/22/2012 10:56:25 AM (No. 9029270)
They´re ranged in now, so it´s time to get the big rockets from Iran.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 11/22/2012 11:01:42 AM (No. 9029280)
News for fools, provided by morons...
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