Hamas Says Gaza Truce Agreed, Israel Says No Deal Yet -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A Hamas official said on Tuesday Egypt had brokered a Gaza ceasefire deal that would go into effect within hours, but a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "we're not there yet".
"An agreement for calm has been reached. It will be declared at 9 o'clock (1900 GMT) and go into effect at midnight (2200 GMT)," Hamas official Ayman Taha told Reuters from Cairo, where intensive efforts have been under way to end seven days of fighting.
Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev told Reuters the announcement was premature and Israeli military operations in Gaza, territory run by Hamas Islamists, would continue in parallel with diplomacy.
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More News On the Conflicting Reports That A Gaza Truce Has Been Agreed Upon
Gaza Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Gaza conflict: ceasefire agreement expected - live updates -- The Guardian
Israel-Gaza violence live -- BBC
Latest Updates on the Gaza Conflict -- The Lede
Conflict along the Gaza Strip Live -- Reuters
Gaza Crisis: Hamas Claims Ceasefire Agreed - but Israel Denies it -- International Business Times
Gaza crisis: Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas 'imminent' -- BBC
Gaza Ceasefire To Be Announced -- ABC News
Hamas Says Cease-Fire Deal 'Close'; Clinton Heads to Region -- Wall Street Journal
Clinton Visits in Effort to Defuse Gaza Conflict; Egypt Hints at Truce -- New York Times
Israel Cease-Fire to Be Agreed Within Hours, Egypt’s Mursi Says -- SFGate/Bloomberg
Update: Hamas is backing down from their previous statement that a truce has been agreed upon.
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