Israeli military offers 4-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Jul 2014

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Wednesday it would hold fire unilaterally in limited areas of the Gaza Strip for four hours from 3 p.m. (1200 GMT)(1.00 pm BST) for humanitarian purposes, an army statement said.

Hamas described the truce as a media stunt because it only applied to some areas.

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