Did Israel really agree to a ceasefire?

[Karmadillo]

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7:29 PM - 25 Jul 2014

[hrmjustin]

1. I have a bad feeling myself about this.

[Aerows]

10. "We've agreed to a cease fire."

"But we are still going to be going around in the area with guns looking to blow things up."

That's the oddest description of a "cease fire" I've ever heard.

[hrmjustin]

11. Yea I don't get it either.

[Aerows]

14. It sounds about as plausible

as ketchup on a hot dog.

[elleng]

2. Israel Agrees to Pause in Assault on Gaza as Cease-Fire Deal Is Pursued.

Israel agreed to halt its military offensive in Gaza for 12 hours starting Saturday morning amid intense international efforts to seal a broader cease-fire deal and a new explosion of violence in the West Bank, where at least six Palestinians were killed during clashes with Israeli forces.

The announcement by the military came early Saturday, hours after Israel’s security cabinet rejected Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposal for a seven-day cease-fire in Gaza and further talks, according to a minister who attended the meeting.

But a senior Israeli official said later that the security cabinet had “expressed its position in principle on some initial draft proposals that were not formally presented” and that Israel would continue to work with Mr. Kerry, indicating that the door was still open for a more comprehensive agreement.

According to Israeli news media, Hamas also agreed to the initial 12-hour lull. The military’s statement also said that its efforts to locate and destroy tunnels used by Hamas would continue. It added that Gaza civilians who had been asked to evacuate their homes should refrain from returning and that the military would respond if its forces or Israeli civilians came under fire.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-strip.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[RobertEarl]

4. There is but one position to take at this time

Support for Kerry and his working to end the slaughter.

Any other position on DU is nothing more than support for right wing, pro war, pro slaughter.

[hrmjustin]

5. Agreed! The slaughter must end.

[RobertEarl]

12. I hope MIRT is catching them

Catching the warmongers before they can spew their filth too much.

[hrmjustin]

13. Yes it has been a bit busier but we get them.

[Karmadillo]

6. It's hard to see the slaughter ending if the IDF is going to continue

its efforts to find and destroy tunnels. It won't happen, but I wish Obama would take the lead on this and say enough is enough.

[Scootaloo]

7. I heard it from Susan Rice on the news tonight

That Israel has agreed to a 12-hour cease fire but will be expanding ground operations during tht time.

I was wondering if I misheard or something.

[delrem]

8. Aren't they cute?

Positively fuzzy wuzzy balls of cuteness.

[Aerows]

9. How the hell

can you have a cease fire and expand ground operations at the same time?

That makes no sense.

[oberliner]

15. According to reports

During the 12-hour truce the IDF will continue its work on locating terror tunnels, but will not carry out explosions of the tunnels and will hold its fire.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4549842,00.html

[Scootaloo]

16. Ahhh.

I wonder how that will work out in reality, though.