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Islamic Jihad, PRC say committed to truce with Israel

Maan News Agency | March 13, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Islamic Jihad said on Tuesday it would adhere to its commitments under a truce deal brokered by Egypt to end four days of fighting with Israel that killed 25 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Jihad leader Daoud Shihab told Ma’an the deal was reached […]

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Egyptian-Brokered Ceasefire Holding in Gaza

Wafa News Agency | March 13, 2012 GAZA, March 13, 2012 (WAFA) – An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that supposedly went into effect shortly after midnight was reported to be holding by Tuesday morning, according to local residents. They said the situation in the Gaza Strip was relatively calm following four days of Israeli airstrikes and Palestinian […]

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Islamic Jihad: Israel ‘broke’ truce

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline Maan News Agency | Nov 7, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Islamic Jihad said it would retaliate after Israeli forces killed a member of its armed wing in Gaza late Saturday, hours before the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha began. “Israel has again broken the […]

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Prof. Qasem: Occupation does not want a lull in Gaza, denies being part of it

Gaza Under Attack Oct 29, 2011 – in pictures [ 05/11/2011 – 09:55 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Professor Abedl Sattar Qasem, lecture in political science at al-Najah University in Nablus, said that the Israeli occupation does not want a lull with the Palestinians and does not admit to being a party to any such agreements […]

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Al Quds Brigades Rejects Ceasefire

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline Sunday October 30, 2011 11:51 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, rejected the declaration of truce with Israel, and stated that its fighters continued the firing of shells, Quds and Grad missiles […]

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Israel breaks ceasefire, shells several targets in Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline 30-10-2011,10:58  – Ezzedeen Al-Qassam BrigadesAl Qassam website– Gaza- Despite a mediated ceasefire mediated by Egypt between the Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip, and Israeli occupation , the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bombarded, on Sunday at dawn, several targets in different parts […]

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Gaza truce under fire after Israeli strike kills militant

Related: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures 24 August 2011 | Khaleej Times GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Israeli air strikes on Wednesday killed at least one Palestinian, prompting mortar fire into southern Israel just days after armed groups agreed to a temporary truce. The exchange of fire across the Gaza border raised fears of […]

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Nunu: Palestinian factions abide by calm as long as IOF abides by it

[ 23/08/2011 – 11:33 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in Gaza announced that a calm agreement was reached between the Palestinian factions and the Israeli occupation authority. Taher Al-Nunu, the government’s spokesman, told a press conference on Monday that the factions pledged to abide by the calm as long as the IOA abided […]

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Hamas official: Gaza militants agree to cease-fire as Israel continues attacks

Related: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures Aug 21, 2011 | abc13.com  RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Hamas official in Gaza says that all of Gaza’s militant groups have agreed to a cease-fire aimed at ending a three-day round of violence with Israel.     The official says Egypt helped broker the cease-fire, which will […]

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Qassam Brigades end truce with Israel

Related to Gaza Under Attack | Aug 19, 2011 – in pictures PressTV – Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:19AM GMT At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in two days of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza . The armed wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has ended their two-year de facto ceasefire in response to two […]

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Reading Between the Lines of Truce and Escalation in Gaza

12.04.11 – 12:49| PNN – Palestine News Network Fadi Abu Sa’da – PNN’s Editor in Chief – No one can ignore the atmosphere of chaos in fomenting in Israel when tension rose in the Gaza strip between the Israeli army and Palestinian resistance groups. It began with the myriad conflicting statements by Israeli politicians, which […]

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Hamas: We won’t surrender or violate truce

April 11, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Hamas politburo member Salah Al-Bardawil said Sunday that “Israel apparently approved the truce with Palestinian factions,” affirming that “factions will be committed to truce as long as Israel is committed as well.” Al-Bardawil affirmed in a statement that the “Palestinian resistance will not accept surrender”, noting that “the […]

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Islamic Jihad says Israel truce ‘meaningless’

April 11, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Islamic Jihad will not beg for a ceasefire from whatever party and will not and would not request that from anyone, truce means nothing, if war was imposed then we will fight,” said the movement on Sunday. Dauod Shehab, spokesman of the movement said in a statement that […]

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Report: Turkey brokering Hamas-Israel truce

March 27, 2011 TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — An Israeli news site quoted official sources saying that Turkey has been brokering a limited truce between Palestinian factions in Gaza and Israel, in a bid to put an end to recent border escalations. Israeli news website Inyan Merkazi said the Turkish Prime Minister himself was heading the […]

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