Israel & Gaza Truce?

Minutes after a Hamas official told Reuters that Palestinians and Israeli had agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, a spokesman Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that no agreement had been reached yet. Mark Regev, the Israeli spokesman, told CNN that the negotiations are still going on.

An Israeli source told Hala Gorani of CNN that Israel is insisting on 24 hours of “calm” before agreeing to a deal.

Emilie Baujard, a Radio France correspondent in Gaza, reports on Twitter that a Hamas official is due to speak on local television in just over an hour about the negotiations.

Hamas official is due to speak on TV at 8pm local time to talk about truce or ceasefire #gaza
— emilie_baujard (@emilie_baujard) 20 Nov 12

A short time later, an Egyptian official confirmed to Reuters that talks are still going on, but expressed hope that a deal could be reached in the next five hours, before midnight local time.

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