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From 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, there will be a humanitarian window in Gaza. During this time, we'll continue to locate & neutralize terror tunnels
7:29 PM - 25 Jul 2014
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)"But we are still going to be going around in the area with guns looking to blow things up."
That's the oddest description of a "cease fire" I've ever heard.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)as ketchup on a hot dog.
elleng
(131,081 posts)Israel agreed to halt its military offensive in Gaza for 12 hours starting Saturday morning amid intense international efforts to seal a broader cease-fire deal and a new explosion of violence in the West Bank, where at least six Palestinians were killed during clashes with Israeli forces.
The announcement by the military came early Saturday, hours after Israels security cabinet rejected Secretary of State John Kerrys proposal for a seven-day cease-fire in Gaza and further talks, according to a minister who attended the meeting.
But a senior Israeli official said later that the security cabinet had expressed its position in principle on some initial draft proposals that were not formally presented and that Israel would continue to work with Mr. Kerry, indicating that the door was still open for a more comprehensive agreement.
According to Israeli news media, Hamas also agreed to the initial 12-hour lull. The militarys statement also said that its efforts to locate and destroy tunnels used by Hamas would continue. It added that Gaza civilians who had been asked to evacuate their homes should refrain from returning and that the military would respond if its forces or Israeli civilians came under fire.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-strip.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Support for Kerry and his working to end the slaughter.
Any other position on DU is nothing more than support for right wing, pro war, pro slaughter.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Catching the warmongers before they can spew their filth too much.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Karmadillo
(9,253 posts)its efforts to find and destroy tunnels. It won't happen, but I wish Obama would take the lead on this and say enough is enough.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)That Israel has agreed to a 12-hour cease fire but will be expanding ground operations during tht time.
I was wondering if I misheard or something.
delrem
(9,688 posts)Positively fuzzy wuzzy balls of cuteness.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)can you have a cease fire and expand ground operations at the same time?
That makes no sense.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)During the 12-hour truce the IDF will continue its work on locating terror tunnels, but will not carry out explosions of the tunnels and will hold its fire.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4549842,00.html
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)I wonder how that will work out in reality, though.