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JERUSALEM – Israel on Tuesday, August 19, ordered its negotiating team to return immediately from Gaza truce talks with the Palestinians in Cairo after 3 rockets hit the country’s south, a government official said.
The official, speaking to AFP, confirmed the delegation had been “ordered to return from Cairo” in response to the rocket fire which came just seven hours before the expiry of a 24-hour truce extension which ends at midnight (2100 GMT).
A new 24-hour ceasefire came into effect in the Gaza Strip Tuesday, August 19, after Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed to extend a 5-day truce, minutes before the midnight deadline, to allow for further talks on a long-term deal.
Egyptian mediators have been pushing both sides to put a decisive end to weeks of bloodshed in Gaza, which has killed more than 2,000 Palestinians and 67 on the Israeli side. – Rappler.com
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