A Palestinian woman stands in the rubble
of her destroyed home in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, Monday,
Aug. 11, 2014.
As a new
temporary truce took hold, negotiators from Israel and the Hamas
militant group resumed indirect talks Monday to reach a long-term
cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
The two sides huddled in an Egyptian
government building for nine consecutive hours, a Palestinian official
said Monday, in what are expected to be marathon negotiations in the
coming days. More pics after cut...
The Palestinian delegations were more optimistic
Monday, the Palestinian official told The Associated Press, who spoke on
condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the
negotiations with the media. He said progress was made on several
issues.
The 72-hour truce, brokered by Egypt, took effect just
after midnight, in the second attempt to halt a month of heavy fighting
between the sides.
A Palestinian mourner weeps at the
family house of Ehsan al-Agha, who was killed in an Israeli strike
Sunday, as his body is carried away during the funeral, in Khan Younis,
southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014.
A Palestinian sleeps on the rubble of
his home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. An
Egyptian-brokered cease-fire halting the Gaza war held into Monday
morning, allowing Palestinians to leave homes and shelters as
negotiators agreed to resume talks in Cairo.
Source- Associated Press
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