Israeli writers urge Hamas truce
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Leading Israeli writers and academics urge the government to negotiate a truce with Hamas militants.
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Israel is examining a Hamas truce proposal delivered by Egypt, defense officials said
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A truce between rival Palestinian factions in Gaza appears to take hold after days of deadly clashes.
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Hamas promised on Saturday to maintain a  de facto truce and, in a major policy change, not to retaliate  immediately for any Israeli violence while it weighs  Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's ceasefire with Israel.
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Fighting between Hamas and Fatah erupted Friday, bringing a 3-day truce between the Palestinian factions to an end
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Hamas and Islamic Jihad say they are not bound by the Palestinian truce agreed with Israel in Egypt.
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GAZA CITY - Hamas chief Mahmud Zahar threatened Monday to avenge a deadly weekend raid in the movementâs Gaza stronghold with attacks inside Israel and poured cold water on calls for a ceasefire.
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease military operations against Palestinian militants if they  halted attacks, but senior Palestinian leaders said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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GAZA CITY -- Gaza's warring factions began to hold their fire yesterday as a truce took effect across the volatile territory and brought hopes for an end to the infighting that has left 36 people dead in five days.
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A Hamas leader said the militant Islamic group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel, signaling
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 17 â After a day of rallies and violent clashes in Gaza between supporters of Hamas and Fatah, with both sides trying to send messages of strength following a presidential order for early elections, leaders called for calm this evening.
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Officials in the Israeli prime ministerâs office reacted coolly to an indirect approach by the Hamas ruler in Gaza offering talks for a truce.
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Israeli missile strikes hit a succession of militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing two, while Hamas fired more rockets toward Israel. Palestinian factions met to discuss a possible truce with Israel.
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Hamas's government in the Gaza Strip called on Thursday on Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets and mortar bombs at border crossings with Israel that are used to bring food and other supplies into the territory.
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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 Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   on Friday demanded Israel halt a Gaza offensive if it wanted to   free a captured soldier and said the Hamas-led government would   not give way to force.
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Hamas may be willing to agree to a cease-fire with Israel for one year, a senior official of the militant group said in an interview published on Saturday. Hamas said it had not fired any rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip for days.