Day 43: Operation Protective Edge

PREAMBLE: As a five-day truce expired at midnight Monday, Israel and the Palestinians apparently agreed another 24-hour truce, amid conflicting reports on progress toward a long-term arrangement in indirect talks in Cairo to end the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Islamic Jihad threatened to resume rocket fire from Gaza, and Israel said it was braced for more violence, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to hit back hard if Israel was targeted.

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