{"id":31840,"date":"2014-07-15T07:17:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T07:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=31840"},"modified":"2014-07-15T07:17:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T07:17:27","slug":"israel-accepts-egypt-proposal-to-end-gaza-conflict-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/israel-accepts-egypt-proposal-to-end-gaza-conflict-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel accepts Egypt proposal to end Gaza conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"
Israel has accepted a Egyptian proposal for a truce in the conflict in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Hamas, which controls Gaza, has not formally responded. But its armed wing has rejected the plan as a “surrender”.<\/p>\n
The proposal urges a ceasefire starting imminently, followed by a series of meetings in Cairo with high-level delegations from both sides.<\/p>\n
Palestinian officials say at least 192 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes launched eight days ago to stop militants firing rockets into Israel.<\/p>\n
The UN estimates that over three-quarters of these were civilians.<\/p>\n
An estimated 1,400 Palestinians have been injured.<\/p>\n
At least four Israelis have been seriously injured since the violence flared, but no-one has been killed.<\/p>\n
No guarantee<\/p>\n
Israel’s security cabinet, convened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, voted to approve the truce on Tuesday morning, minutes before the proposed time for it to come into effect.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Kevin Connolly says there is no surprise in the proposal’s formula. Something like this has always been the likeliest way out of the crisis, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n
But there is no guarantee it will work, he adds.<\/p>\n
For now, Hamas sources are saying its attacks will “increase in ferocity and intensity” unless Israel releases prisoners and co-operates with Egypt to lift economic restrictions on Gaza.<\/p>\n
That is not encouraging but does not mean that a deal will not ultimately be done, our correspondent says – just that it will not be easy.<\/p>\n
In the latest violence, three people were killed in Khan Younis, south of Gaza, on Tuesday morning, shortly before Israel accepted the proposed truce.<\/p>\n
Israeli sources said at least three rockets landed in and around the southern Israeli city of Eilat overnight.<\/p>\n
Reports suggest they may have been fired from the Sinai peninsula in Egypt rather than from Gaza.<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Israel has accepted a Egyptian proposal for a truce in the conflict in Gaza. Hamas, which controls Gaza, has not formally responded. But its armed wing has rejected the plan as a “surrender”. The proposal urges a ceasefire starting imminently, followed by a series of meetings in Cairo with high-level delegations from both sides. Palestinian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":31842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,14],"yoast_head":"\n