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Israel Agrees to Truce with Hamas on Gaza
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JERUSALEM - The prime minister and defense minister of Israel have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with Hamas for the Gaza area starting Thursday, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday morning. (article 8)
Hamas, the militant Islamic group that rules Gaza, promised to rein in the Iran- and Syria-backed faction that carried out the rocket attacks and pledged to remain committed to the truce that went into effect June 19. (article 9)
Israel prefers to release Palestinian prisoners to the Gaza Strip rather than the West Bank as part of its swap with Hamas in exchange for abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, Army Radio reported on Thursday. (article 11)
JERUSALEM, June 26 - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a makeshift rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, further straining a week-old truce as Israel kept border crossings into the Hamas-ruled territory closed. (article 6)
No casualties were reported in the rocket attack, which was claimed by al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group belonging to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. (article 6)
In a statement carried by the official Palestinian news agency Ma'an, Hamas warned the militant factions against violating the terms of the cease fire with Israel, saying such violations harmed the Palestinian national interest. (article 5)
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Israel has allowed fuel into the Gaza Strip, but kept border crossings closed to all other goods after a Palestinian rocket fire violated a truce. (article 1)
Israel Radio reported that two mortar rounds landed in an open field on the Israeli side of the border on Friday. (article 1)
The rocket attacks and mortar fire have come from other Palestinian groups, such as Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which is affiliated to the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (article 2)
The BBC's Wyre Davis, in Jerusalem, says it is not clear how much control Hamas has over these other groups. (article 2)
He says gunfire from the Israelis and continued rocket fire from the Palestinian side are putting the ceasefire under strain. (article 2)
An estimated 600,000 litres of industrial fuel will be allowed to pass through the Nahal Oz border terminal for Gaza's only power station, a European Union Official told the Reuters news agency. (article 2)
Gaza's Hamas rulers have called on all groups to respect the ceasefire but say they will not be Israel's "police". (article 2)
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Source articles
- Nicholas D. Kristof (kristof.blogs.nytimes.com, 06/25/2008, 988 words)
- "The mission has been completed and an era has end... (haaretz.com, 06/28/2008, 1012 words)
- Israel allows Gaza fuel supplies (BBC News, 06/27/2008, 114 words)
- Gaza truce 'violated repeatedly' (BBC News, 06/27/2008, 366 words)
- Hamas: Qassam fire is harming Palestinian interests (haaretz.com, 06/26/2008, 868 words)
- Rocket fire and closure strain Gaza truce (ft.com, 06/26/2008, 522 words)
- Truce Is Strained as Militants Launch Rockets and Israel Keeps Goods Out of Gaza (nytimes.com, 06/28/2008, 534 words)
- Israel Agrees to Truce with Hamas on Gaza (nytimes.com, 06/28/2008, 816 words)
- JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants fired three home... (baltimoresun.com, 06/28/2008, 191 words)
- Hamas spokesman voices rare optimism regarding Gaza truce (haaretz.com, 06/26/2008, 1059 words)
- Report: Israel prefers Hamas prisoners be released to Gaza, not West Bank (haaretz.com, 06/27/2008, 1094 words)
- Israel Open to Deal With Lebanon on Land (nytimes.com, 06/28/2008, 941 words)
- German mediator to secure Hezbollah, Israel signatures on prisoner swap accord (haaretz.com, 06/27/2008, 927 words)
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Source articles
- Israel allows Gaza fuel supplies (BBC News, 06/27/2008, 114 words)
- Gaza truce 'violated repeatedly' (BBC News, 06/27/2008, 366 words)
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