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From the Liveblog of
Friday, August 8, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Friday, August 8, 2014
Israel offered to ease Gaza blockade — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli delegates in Cairo’s truce talks offered to ease the Gaza blockade, but not to lift it, a Palestinian official tells a CNN reporter.
#GAZA Palestinian official told CNN the Israeli negotiating team offered to ease the blockade but not lift it.
— Antonia Mortensen (@antoniamcnn) August 8, 2014
Earlier Friday, Hamas and Islamic Jihad refused to extend a 72-hour truce into the weekend, accusing Israel of rejecting “the Palestinian people’s demands” in Cairo.
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