Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel reached: Palestinian officials - Financial Express



Aug 27 2014, 02:46 IST


SummaryPalestinian officials said on Tuesday a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel has been reached under Egyptian mediation and a formal announcement of an agreement was imminent.


Palestinian officials said on Tuesday a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel has been reached under Egyptian mediation and a formal announcement of an agreement was imminent.


There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, where a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment.


�An agreement has been reached between the two sides and we are awaiting the announcement from Cairo to determine the zero hour for implementation,� Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said.


Cairo�s initiative, Palestinians officials said, called for an indefinite halt to seven weeks of hostilities, the immediate opening of Gaza�s blockaded crossings with Israel and Egypt and a widening of the enclave�s fishing zone in the Mediterranean. Under a second stage that would begin a month later, Israel and the Palestinians would discuss the construction of a Gaza sea port and an Israeli release of Hamas prisoners in the occupied West Bank, the officials said.



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