A three-day ceasefire in Gaza that has brought relief to millions in final stretch
A Palestinian boy seriously wounded during Israeli bombing earlier this week receives treatment for burns and injuries at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City,(Photo: AFP)
Gaza City: A three-day ceasefire in Gaza that has brought relief to millions entered its final stretch on Thursday with Israel ready to extend the calm but Hamas hedging its bets. The ceasefire is due to end at 0500 GMT on Friday (10.30 am IST).
In another major development, US President Barack Obama put pressure on intensive ceasefire negotiations in Cairo by saying Gaza could not remain cut off from the world forever. Britain, France and Germany have put forward an initiative that could bring EU representatives to the Gaza border, a diplomatic source said.
Four weeks of bloodshed between Israel and Hamas have killed 1,886 Palestinians and 67 on the Israeli side. Of these, 1,354 people were civilians, among them 429 children.In Gaza City, hundreds turned out to attend a victory rally where the speakers whipped up the crowd, which chanted back: “Resistance, resistance, resistance!”
UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon said Gaza would be rebuilt but for the last time, as international patience showed signs of wearing thin.
( Source : agencies )
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