‘Breakthrough’ reported in ceasefire efforts

Palestinian sources tell the leading Arabic daily Al-Hayat that there has been a “breakthrough” in international attempts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.

The sources say that US Secretary of State John Kerry presented a proposal based on the Egyptian parameters, which would also include talks between Israeli and Palestinian delegations about issues that aren’t connected to the ceasefire effort.

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) talks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (on the phone) on July 25, 2014, from his hotel room in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. (photo credit: AFP/Pool)
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) talks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (on the phone) on July 25, 2014, from his hotel room in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. (photo credit: AFP/Pool)

Al-Hayat reports that Hamas and Islamic Jihad approved the ceasefire proposal, but the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine turned it down.

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