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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Israel agrees to 5-hour truce, general says
The head of the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai tells BBC Arabic that Israel has agreed to a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire that will take effect Thursday morning at 10 a.m.
Mordechai adds that any rocket fire by Hamas during that window will be met with Israeli retaliation.
Israel: we accepted a humanitarian ceasefire tomorrow 10am to 3pm. In case Hamas will fire during this time window, we will retaliate
— Moav Vardi (@MoavVardi) July 16, 2014