Rice Urges Israel to Accept Egyptian Cease-Fire Plan for Gaza
Israeli forces allowed a limited three-hour cease-fire today to permit the besieged people of Gaza to get food, water and medical care as diplomatic efforts to hammer out a more durable truce heated up.
Israel's guns went quiet starting at 1 p.m. local time (6 a.m. ET) around Gaza City, the largest population center. Hamas also honored the temporary truce.
Local television showed cars streaming into Gaza City intersections and people filling the previously empty streets. For the first time in... Full Story
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