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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Egypt urges both sides to resume truce talks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgypt calls on the Israeli and Palestinian delegations to resume permanent ceasefire negotiations in Cairo, which broke down yesterday.
Egypt expresses its “profound regret at the breach of the ceasefire in Gaza,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
Shortly before talks were halted, Hamas launched a barrage of rockets into southern and central Israel, and the IDF resumed its airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, including on the home of Hamas commander Muhammad Deif.
Deif’s wife and child were killed, Gaza health officials say. It is unclear whether Deif was hit.
— AFP, Times of Israel staff
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