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| Israel agrees to 24-hour Gaza ceasefire | |
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| Israel has accepted a UN request for a 24-hour ceasefire in Gaza, but warns the army will act if it is breached by Palestinian militants. | |
| A crisis cabinet meeting extended Saturday's truce until midnight on Sunday (21:00 GMT). | |
| This comes despite Hamas militants firing rockets, rejecting Israel's earlier move to prolong the initial 12-hour ceasefire by four hours. | |
| Hamas said it wanted a complete stop to fighting and an end to Gaza's blockade. | |
| "Any humanitarian calm that does not include the withdrawal of occupation soldiers from the Gaza Strip and enable the people to return to their houses and to evacuate the wounded is not acceptable," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters. | |
| Israel said that it would continue operations against tunnels used by Hamas during this period. | |
| The health ministry in Gaza says 1,033 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed and about 5,900 wounded since Israel launched its Gaza offensive 19 days ago. | |
| The Israeli authorities say 42 Israelis, two of them civilians, have been killed. |