A Palestinian Hamas supporter holds up a
little girl wearing green flags as people gather in the streets during
celebrations for the cease-fire between Palestinians and Israelis, in
the West bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
Israel and Gaza's ruling Hamas agreed Tuesday to an open-ended
cease-fire after seven weeks of fighting — an uneasy deal that halts the
deadliest war the sides have fought in years, with more than 2,200
killed, but puts off the most difficult issues.
In the end, both
sides settled for an ambiguous interim agreement in exchange for a
period of calm. Hamas, though badly battered, remains in control of Gaza
with part of its military arsenal intact. Israel and Egypt will
continue to control access to blockaded Gaza, despite Hamas'
long-running demand that the border closures imposed in 2007 be lifted. More pics after cut....
"Today's
agreement comes after many hours and days of negotiations and
discussions. But certainly there's a long road ahead. ... We're going
into this eyes wide open," she said. Early on in the war, U.N. chief Ban
Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had tried in vain to
broker a truce.
The cease-fire went into effect at 7 p.m. (1600 GMT) Tuesday, and violence persisted until the last minute.
A Palestinian girl flashes victory
sign with her father as they celebrate the cease-fire between
Palestinians and Israelis at the main road in Gaza, in the northern Gaza
Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
A Palestinian boy sits next to the
destroyed 15-story Basha Tower following early morning Israeli
airstrikes in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
Palestinians have a coffee next to the
rubble of the 15-story Basha Tower that collapsed from early morning
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
A man looks at a home hit by a rocket
fired from the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday morning in the costal city of
Ashkelon, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014
A police sapper surveys a home hit by a
rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday morning in the costal
city of Ashkelon, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
A Palestinian woman gets emotional as
she stands on the rubble of a house belong to al Akhras family after it
was hit by an Israeli strike in Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza
Strip, early Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Two people were wounded in the
airstrke on a house at the Rafah refugee camp, according Gaza health
official Ashraf al-Kidra.
A Palestinian relative salvages what
he can from his family's belongings amid the rubble of the al-Akhras
family home after it was hit by Israeli strike in Rafah refugee camp,
southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
Palestinians rest amid the rubble of
the 15-story Basha Tower that was leveled in early morning Israeli
airstrikes, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
A Palestinian family looks from a
window to the rubble of the collapsed 15-story Basha Tower following
early morning Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
Israelis sit in their home that was
hit by a rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday morning, in
the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
Palestinians celebrate the cease-fire
between Palestinians and Israelis at the main road in Gaza, in the
northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.
A Palestinian family flashes victory
signs as they celebrate the cease-fire between Palestinians and Israelis
at the main road in Gaza, in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 26,
2014.
Source- Associated Press
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