Gaza truce takes hold despite rocket fire
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A ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza took hold on Sunday and despite Palestinian rocket attacks in the first hours, Israel promised restraint.
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Palestinian militants fired several rockets at Israel from Gaza on Sunday just hours after the start of a ceasefire aimed at ending five months of bloodshed in the impoverished coastal strip.
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A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip takes effect, with Palestinian rocket attacks to halt, as Israel plans to pull out.
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Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Friday the Jewish state should not agree to a truce with Hamas unless the Islamist group first stops rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
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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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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah agree to a ceasefire deal to end fighting in Gaza, reports say.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip managed to fire more crude rockets at an Israeli border town yesterday, even as Israeli troops and armor inundated a large swath of the seaside territory in a bid to halt such attacks.
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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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The cease-fire appeared to be holding after Palestinian factions stopped firing rockets in exchange for an Israeli troop withdrawal.
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The truce is expected to end the five-month Israeli military offensive into Gaza and rocket attacks from Palestinian militants
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is withholding his approval to wrap up the military operation in the northern Gaza Strip, despite the Israel Defense Forces&#39; recommendation to withdraw.
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Palestinian factions reached a new Egyptian-mediated truce on Monday in a bid to halt a cycle of bloodletting but the deal got off to a shaky start as shootings continued, including an attack on a Hamas minister's office.
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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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GAZA CITY -- Rocket fire from Gaza subsided yesterday after a daybreak cease-fire, raising hopes for an end to five months of bloody destruction and a new opening toward peace talks.
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Mortar bombs exploded near the Gaza offices of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday and rival gunmen exchanged fire in the streets, defying the latest truce in the factional war between Fatah and Hamas.
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Israelis and Palestinians threatened Sunday to scrap a truce that has largely ended five months of Gaza violence, with Palestinian militants insisting it must also apply to the West Bank and Israeli leaders complaining that Gaza rocket squads are still active.
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Palestinian militants shelled Jewish settlements Monday after witnesses accused Israeli troops of killing a girl at a U.N.-run Gaza school, straining a de facto truce that has raised hopes for peace.