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| Gaza conflict: Israel and Hamas 'agree short truce' | |
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| Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 12-hour pause in hostilities in Gaza, reports say. | |
| The truce is due to begin at 0800 local time (0500 GMT). Efforts to negotiate a seven-day ceasefire are still ongoing. | |
| Earlier US Secretary of State John Kerry said he was still confident of a longer ceasefire, despite media reports that Israel had rejected one proposal. | |
| More than 800 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and 36 Israelis have died since the conflict started on 8 July. | |
| Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said there was "national consensus on a humanitarian truce... for 12 hours on Saturday". | |
| There has not yet been official confirmation of the truce from the Israeli government, but several Israeli media sources have reported Israel's acceptance. | |
| The news came shortly after Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon warned that ground operations in Gaza could soon be broadened "significantly". | |
| Hamas has previously said it would not agree to any long-term truce that did not lead to an end to Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. |