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| Israel, Palestinians 'extend Gaza truce by five days' | |
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| Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have reportedly agreed to extend a ceasefire in Gaza by five days, just as a three-day truce was about to expire. | |
| Officials from both sides have been holding indirect talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, aimed at finding a solution to the Gaza conflict. | |
| Palestinian and Egyptian officials said a deal had been reached - but Israel has yet to comment. | |
| Earlier, three rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel, Israel's military said. | |
| The extension to the truce was agreed less than an hour before the existing three-day truce expired at midnight local time (21:00 GMT). | |
| The BBC's correspondent in Gaza, Kevin Connolly, says the breakthrough came at a point when the talks appeared to be on the brink of breakdown. | |
| The negotiations ahead will still be forbiddingly difficult, he adds. |