No Agreement To Extend Gaza Cease-Fire As Deadline Looms (Update: Hamas Will Not Extend Cease-Fire)

Thursday 7 August 2014





Mediators Race Against Clock To Extend Gaza Truce -- Reuters



(Reuters) - Mediators worked against the clock on Thursday to extend a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, as the three-day ceasefire entered its final hours.



Israel said it was ready to agree to an extension as Egyptian go-betweens pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian delegates in Cairo on ending a war that has devastated the Hamas-controlled enclave.



Palestinians want an Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza lifted and prisoners held by Israel to be freed. Hamas's armed wing said it was ready to resume fighting unless Palestinian demands were met, and Israel said it would respond forcefully if attacked.



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More News On The Approaching End Of The Gaza Cease-Fire



Gaza Blog Live -- Al Jazeera

Still no deal as the clock ticks down on truce: Live Updates -- Times of Israel

LIVE UPDATES: Israel - Gaza Conflict -- Haaretz



Tensions high as Gaza truce deadline looms -- AFP

Israel Gaza: Mediators seek to extend truce in Cairo -- BBC

Hamas rejects disarmament proposal -- AP

Hamas official at rally says Gaza war not over until demands met -- FOX News/AP

Hamas ‘ready to engage in a long war’ -- Irish Times

Hamas Says It Will Continue Fight After Ceasefire -- Time

Spokesman: Hamas will not extend cease-fire, 'we are ready for a long war' -- CNN

Twelve Hours Before Truce Ends, Israeli Official Says No Agreement On Extending Cease-Fire -- Haaretz

UN urges Gaza truce extension so aid can enter -- AFP

Residents of devastated Gaza sector wary as truce nears end -- AFP

The End of the Ceasefire Looms. Hamas’s Impossible Demands -- Marc Schulman, Newsweek

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