RT NEWSFLASH ... An agreement on a new Egypt-proposed 72-hour Gaza ceasefire was reached on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing Israeli and Palestinian officials. Izzat al-Reshiq, a Hamas negotiator in Cairo, told Reuters that Palestinian factions will formally accept the new ceasefire in Gaza, following Israels agreement to resume talks without pre-conditions. In light of Israels acceptance of the truce and their return without pre-conditions...we will inform the Egyptian brothers of our positive response, he said. The Israeli and the Palestinian sides have agreed to the new 72-hour truce to begin serious negotiations leading to a durable ceasefire, said a Palestinian official who is close to the Egyptian-mediated talks. Israeli officials told Reuters that Israel accepted the new ceasefire and will send negotiators to Cairo on Monday if the truce holds. Cairo called on both Israel and the Palestinians to accept the new ceasefire starting at 21:00 GMT on Sunday, in order to allow peace talks to resume, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement few hours earlier. Israel walked away from the ceasefire talks over the weekend after militants resumed rocket fire on southern Israel following the expiration of an earlier three-day truce. rt/news/179320-israel-palestinians-truce-cairo/
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:38:02 +0000
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