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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel ready to renew fragile Gaza truce with Hamas
2008-12-14
Israel is willing to renew a six-month old ceasefire deal with Hamas in and around the Gaza Strip if militants halt all attacks against the Jewish state, a senior defense official said on Sunday.

Top defense ministry official Amos Gilad will head to Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman and senior officials to discuss the renewal of the Egyptian-brokered deal which is set to expire on December 19, the official told AFP.

" If Hamas is ready to maintain the calm and return to the situation as it was three weeks ago, Israel will be willing to continue the truce "
Israeli official
"If Hamas is ready to maintain the calm and return to the situation as it was three weeks ago, Israel will be willing to continue the truce," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The ceasefire agreement has been rattled since November 4 by a string of tit-for-tat attacks between the Israeli army and militants, who fired dozens of rockets against southern Israel.

In response, Israel regularly sealed off all its crossings with the Islamists-ruled territory, raising international fears of a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished territory.

But recent days have seen a return to calm and the reopening of the crossings.
Posted by:Fred

#2  The two Ehuds ride again.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-12-14 04:34  

#1  heh
Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident   2008-12-14 04:31  

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