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| JERUSALEM — Hours before a 72-hour cease-fire was to expire on Friday, two rockets from Gaza hit southern Israel, the Israeli military said. | |
| Shortly afterward, The Associated Press reported that Hamas would not extend the cease-fire after Israel rejected the group’s demands in negotiations in Cairo. | Shortly afterward, The Associated Press reported that Hamas would not extend the cease-fire after Israel rejected the group’s demands in negotiations in Cairo. |
| During the talks for a more durable truce, the armed wing of Hamas had threatened renewed fighting “until our demands are met.” Israel has promised to respond to any fire with fire, but there was no immediate reaction to the rockets, which Israel said caused no casualties. | During the talks for a more durable truce, the armed wing of Hamas had threatened renewed fighting “until our demands are met.” Israel has promised to respond to any fire with fire, but there was no immediate reaction to the rockets, which Israel said caused no casualties. |
| Diplomats had been trying to extend the pause, due to expire at 8 a.m. Friday, to give the talks more time. But it is unclear whether the Palestinian negotiations team, which includes Hamas representatives, is in line with the armed wing, known as Qassam Brigades, on the ground in Gaza. | Diplomats had been trying to extend the pause, due to expire at 8 a.m. Friday, to give the talks more time. But it is unclear whether the Palestinian negotiations team, which includes Hamas representatives, is in line with the armed wing, known as Qassam Brigades, on the ground in Gaza. |
| At a Gaza City rally on Thursday, a Hamas leader declared “victory” for the past month but said it was just a precursor to a bigger victory. | At a Gaza City rally on Thursday, a Hamas leader declared “victory” for the past month but said it was just a precursor to a bigger victory. |
| “Our demands are purely humanitarian and need no negotiations because it is the right of human beings to live,” a Qassam spokesman said on Hamas’s Al Aqsa television Thursday night. | “Our demands are purely humanitarian and need no negotiations because it is the right of human beings to live,” a Qassam spokesman said on Hamas’s Al Aqsa television Thursday night. |