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  Israel announces seven-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza

  World | Aug 04, 2014, 08:12 AM IST

  Jerusalem: Israel will hold its fire in most of the Gaza Strip for a seven-hour ‘humanitarian window' on Monday, the military said, four weeks into its bloody conflict with Hamas. According to an army statement,

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  Hamas agrees to 24-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza; toll 1060

  World | Jul 27, 2014, 08:52 PM IST

  Gaza/Jerusalem: Ahead of the Muslim holy festival of Eid, Hamas today agreed to a 24-hour UN-brokered humanitarian truce after initially rejecting it as the 20-day Gaza conflict killed 1,060 Palestinians and 46 Israelis, including an