Hamas says truce reached with Israel to end fighting along Gaza border
The Palestinian Islamist group claimed that Egypt mediated a truce with Israel after 24 hours of escalation and tit-for-tat attacks, Arab press reports said.
A Palestinian Hamas militant takes part in a rally marking the twelfth anniversary of the death of late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City(photo credit: REUTERS)ByJPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV LAPPIN, NOAM AMIR/MAARIV HASHAVUA