Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal 'reached' 28 minutes ago

[King_David]

A ceasefire deal has been reached to end fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militants in Gaza, an Israeli official has told the BBC.

He said it was due to take effect on Friday at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT).

Hamas have not yet officially commented on the purported ceasefire, said to have been reached after talks in Egypt.

Some 227 Palestinians have died in Israeli air strikes since the current crisis began on 8 July. Militant mortar fire has killed one Israeli.

Israel launched its military operation in Gaza nine days ago with the stated objective of halting Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel.

However, the United Nations says most of those killed in Gaza have been civilians.

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28344637

[azurnoir]

1. Israeli source to Ynet: No ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza

Denial comes in wake of BBC report that truce was to take hold Friday morning; Hamas also denies ceasefire claims via international and social media.

Israel has not reached a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday, negating a BBC report that truce talks currently underway in Cairo had come to fruition.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4545200,00.html

but then again this is Yvette speaking this is one time I hope you're right

ToI is running the same headline

[King_David]

2. Who's Yvette ?

[azurnoir]

3. Avigdor Lieberman but sadly Jpost and Haaretz are reporting pretty much the same thing ;(

[bemildred]

4. It sounds like they are talking to the right people now, but still trying to "negotiate".

When they figure out they are lucky to have someone to "negotiate" with, this should end quickly.

Naturally, the colonists and their supporters don't like it.