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| JERUSALEM — Just hours before a 72-hour cease-fire was set to expire early Friday, two rockets fired from Gaza hit southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said. | JERUSALEM — Just hours before a 72-hour cease-fire was set to expire early Friday, two rockets fired from Gaza hit southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said. |
| With negotiations still underway in Cairo on terms for a more durable truce, the armed wing of Hamas had threatened renewed fighting “until our demands are met.” Israel has promised to respond to any fire with fire, but there was no immediate reaction to the rockets, which Israel said caused no casualties. | |
| Diplomats were trying to at least extend the pause, due to expire at 8 a.m. Friday, for a few more days to give the talks more time to progress. But it is unclear whether the Palestinian negotiations team, which includes Hamas representatives, is in line with the armed wing, known as Qassam Brigades, on the ground in Gaza. | Diplomats were trying to at least extend the pause, due to expire at 8 a.m. Friday, for a few more days to give the talks more time to progress. But it is unclear whether the Palestinian negotiations team, which includes Hamas representatives, is in line with the armed wing, known as Qassam Brigades, on the ground in Gaza. |
| At a Gaza City rally on Thursday, a Hamas leader declared “victory” for the past month but said it was just a precursor to a bigger victory. | At a Gaza City rally on Thursday, a Hamas leader declared “victory” for the past month but said it was just a precursor to a bigger victory. |
| “Our demands are purely humanitarian and need no negotiations because it is the right of human beings to live,” a Qassam spokesman said in a speech broadcast on Hamas’s Al Aqsa television Thursday night. | “Our demands are purely humanitarian and need no negotiations because it is the right of human beings to live,” a Qassam spokesman said in a speech broadcast on Hamas’s Al Aqsa television Thursday night. |