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| Gaza conflict: Hamas says long-term truce agreed with Israel | |
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| Egypt has brokered an agreement on a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, senior Palestinian officials have said. | Egypt has brokered an agreement on a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, senior Palestinian officials have said. |
| Hamas negotiator Moussa Abu Marzouk said the deal to end seven weeks of fighting that has left more than 2,200 people dead would be announced shortly. | Hamas negotiator Moussa Abu Marzouk said the deal to end seven weeks of fighting that has left more than 2,200 people dead would be announced shortly. |
| The Palestinians said Israel had agreed to ease its blockade of Gaza to allow in aid supplies and building materials. | The Palestinians said Israel had agreed to ease its blockade of Gaza to allow in aid supplies and building materials. |
| There was no immediate comment from the Israeli government. | |
| The apparent breakthrough came as both sides continued to trade fire. | |
| Israeli jets bombed two high-rise buildings in Gaza City early on Tuesday. The Basha Tower, containing flats and offices, was flattened and the Italian Complex, with homes, shops and offices, was severely damaged. | |
| No-one was reported killed as residents managed to flee both buildings after the Israeli military warned them to leave. | |
| However, 20 people were injured in the attack on the Italian Complex, and at least two others were killed in Israeli strikes elsewhere, medics said. | |
| Hamas, the militant Islamist movement that dominates Gaza, accused Israel of an "unprecedented act of revenge" against civilians. | |
| But Israeli military spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner told the Associated Press that the strikes were "a direct result of Hamas' decision to situate their terrorist infrastructure within the civilian sphere, including schools, hospitals and high-rise buildings". | |
| In Israel, 20 people were lightly injured when a rocket fired by militants in Gaza hit a residential area of the southern town of Ashkelon, police said. | |
| Another rocket was intercepted in the Tel Aviv area, to the north. |