Gaza accord receives approval
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May 21, 2008
By Ines Bel Aiba - CAIRO (AFP)- Egyptian state media announced yesterday that Israel has agreed in principle to a truce in and around the Gaza Strip and quoted calls by a top official for Palestinian militants to seize an "historic opportunity."
The announcement came after a day of renewed bloodshed in the territory controlled by the Islamist Hamas movement since last June, with four people being killed in Israeli air raids, one of them a 13-year-old boy.
"Israeli leaders [have informed us] of their support for and understanding of the Egyptian proposals for a truce," Egypt's official Middle East News Agency quoted a senior official as saying without giving his name.
Israel says it is "ready to implement it as soon as Israeli leaders have been notified of the agreement of Palestinian organizations to parts of the truce proposals," the official added.
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Will Gaza ever get a whiff of its offshore gas?
May 21, 2008
By Ines Bel Aiba - CAIRO (AFP)- Egyptian state media announced yesterday that Israel has agreed in principle to a truce in and around the Gaza Strip and quoted calls by a top official for Palestinian militants to seize an "historic opportunity."
The announcement came after a day of renewed bloodshed in the territory controlled by the Islamist Hamas movement since last June, with four people being killed in Israeli air raids, one of them a 13-year-old boy.
"Israeli leaders [have informed us] of their support for and understanding of the Egyptian proposals for a truce," Egypt's official Middle East News Agency quoted a senior official as saying without giving his name.
Israel says it is "ready to implement it as soon as Israeli leaders have been notified of the agreement of Palestinian organizations to parts of the truce proposals," the official added.
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