Israel and Hamas finally agreed to ceasefire from 9:00 PM on Wednesday––eight days after the start of conflict.
According to Al-Ahram Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at a Press conference in Cairo held Wednesday at 7:30pm local time. The ceasefire was set to come into effect at 9 PM.
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians appeared to be holding on Thursday Nov 22,2012 after eight days of fighting in the Gaza Strip that claimed more than 160 lives.
Under the truce, which will be guaranteed by Egypt on the Palestinian side, Israel agreed to "stop all hostilities in the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air including incursions and targeting of individuals".
In exchange it committed "all Palestinian factions" to "stop all hostilities from the Gaza Strip against Israel including rocket attacks and all attacks along the border".
Leaders on both sides(Israel and Palestinians) were quick to claim victory -
Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, said at a press conference in Cairo that Israel had "failed in its adventure" when it launched attacks on Gaza and had been forced to accept Palestinian terms.
The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, said Israel had destroyed thousands of missiles as well as Hamas installations.
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