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Gaza/Jerusalem: Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 2 am on Friday (9am AEST), a Hamas official and Israeli media said, bringing a potentially tenuous halt to the fiercest fighting in decades.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs office said his security cabinet had voted unanimously in favour of a âmutual and unconditionalâ Gaza truce proposed by Egypt, but added that the hour of implementation had yet to be agreed.
A man holds a childâs shoe as he inspects buildings destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza.
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The reports came a day after US President Joe Biden urged Netanyahu to seek de-escalation, and amid mediation bids by Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations.
Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 2 a.m. local time on Friday (2300 GMT Thursday), an official with the Palestinian Islamist faction said, bringing a potentially tenuous halt to the fiercest fighting in decades.
Mr. Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that he expected to see a “significant de-escalation [Wednesday] on the path to a ceasefire,” according to the White House.
Mr. Netanyahu had said Wednesday he was determined to carry out Israel’s operation “until its aim is met.”
Ms. Psaki declined to say specifically whether Israel had met Mr. Biden’s deadline for action on Wednesday.
“I’m not going to give a public evaluation from the president of day-by-day actions,” she said. “What I can tell you is that we are continuing to work behind the scenes, through these 80 engagements with senior officials, to advocate for, to convey that they should be in a position now to start winding their operations down and that is what we are hopeful to see.”
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