Day 37 of Operation Protective Edge

13 August 2014, 12:28 am

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PREAMBLE: Israel’s negotiating team is spending the night back home in Israel, before heading back to Cairo for talks on the third and final day of an agreed 72-hour truce.

Tuesday saw a succession of conflicting reports on whether there was significant progress being made in the indirect contacts between the Israeli and Palestinian delegations on a long-term arrangement to end the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon visits an IDF navy base in Ashdod. August 12, 2014. (Photo credit: IDF Spokesperson/FLASH90) — Minister of Defense Moshe Ya’alon visits an IDF navy base in Ashdod. August 12, 2014. (Photo credit: IDF Spokesperson/FLASH90)

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, speaking at a navy base in Ashdod, said he didn’t know if a deal would be done, and that Hamas might resume attacks on Israel when the truce expires at midnight on Wednesday.