Israel welcomes Egyptian-proposed Gaza truce, Hamas suspicious GAZA/JERUSALEM: An Egyptian-proposed deal that would halt the week-old Gaza shelling war was welcomed by Israel on Tuesday but regarded suspiciously by the Palestinian territorys dominant Hamas Islamists, who said they had not been consulted by Cairo. Hamass armed wing vowed its attacks would increase in ferocity and intensity but Palestinian rocket salvoes waned ahead of the mooted 0600 GMT truce, with Israel saying there had been two cross-border launches overnight that caused no damage. Israel said it bombed 25 sites in Gaza, where Palestinian officials said a 63-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman were killed - bringing the enclaves death toll to more than 182, most of them civilians. At Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet for a vote on the ceasefire. Amos Gilad, a senior Israeli defence official and envoy to Cairo, cast the deal positively, saying Hamas had been weakened by the air and sea bombardment of impoverished Gaza.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:01:24 +0000
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