http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/10967854/Hamas-rejects-ceasefire-with-Israel-over-Gaza-conflict.htmlHamas rejects ceasefire with Israel over Gaza conflict
Prospects for ceasefire in Israel and Gaza diminish as Hamas’s leadership bluntly declares terms of Egyptian proposal a 'surrender'
By Robert Tait, Gaza City
10:27AM BST 15 Jul 2014
Hopes for an end to the bloody week-long conflict in Gaza hung in the balance on Tuesday when Israel accepted an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire only for Hamas, the Palestinian territory’s de facto rulers, to reject it.
The early morning decision by Israel’s security cabinet came before a 9am deadline for the de-escalation of hostilities kicked in. The Egyptian ceasefire plan was to give both sides an initial 12 hours to stop attacks.
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