Fragile cease-fire takes hold in Gaza
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A shaky cease-fire took effect on Monday between Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah after days of heavy fighting pushed the Gaza Strip to the brink of civil war.
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A truce between Palestinian militants in Gaza and Israel took effect on Sunday, heralding a possible end to a wave of rocket attacks on the Jewish state and a halt to a five-month-old Israeli military offensive.
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As a tenuous cease-fire took hold in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh appealed to all Palestinians to prevent a resurgence in the internal violence that killed 36 people in recent days.
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Palestinian militants signaled on Sunday  they would help maintain calm in Gaza for at least a month but  denied Israeli reports they had agreed to a cease-fire at the  behest of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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GAZA CITY -- Ignoring a truce and Arab mediation offers, Hamas and Fatah fighters exchanged gunfire in upscale beachfront neighborhoods yesterday, and Hamas gunmen threatened to attack high-rise buildings unless residents force rival snipers off their rooftops.
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Palestinian gunmen rained mortar and  rocket fire into Israeli settlements in Gaza on Thursday  despite new President Mahmoud Abbas's formal truce declaration  at a summit that revived Middle East peace hopes.
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After a shaky start, the cease-fire appeared to be holding today after most Palestinian factions stopped firing rockets in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal of troops.
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Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree a ceasefire, officials say, but fighting rages on in Gaza.
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Palestinian militant groups behind rocket attacks on Israel signaled softer terms for a truce on Friday, but Israel renewed strikes on Gaza targets, including a guardhouse outside the home of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
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Sporadic gun battles continue in Gaza between the rival Hamas and Fatah factions, despite a renewed truce.
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A ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, heralding a possible end to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and a halt to a crushing Israeli military offensive.
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Israel says it will show "patience and restraint" after Palestinian rocket-fire threatens a fragile ceasefire.
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Hamas and Fatah security officials exchanged fire at Gaza's border with Egypt on Tuesday as Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh passed through on his way to reconciliation talks
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Palestinian militants fire mortars at Israeli settlements in Gaza two days after an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire.
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A cease-fire between the two Palestinian groups aims to end four days of bloody violence
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Hamas policemen and forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas withdrew from Gaza's streets on Wednesday as a fresh ceasefire aimed at halting a slide to civil war appeared to be holding.
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At least eight people are killed as fighting between Hamas and Fatah rages in Gaza, scuppering a three-day truce.