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The Israeli security cabinet unanimously voted to accept a ceasefire on Thursday evening, so long as Hamas honors the agreement, Channel 12 News Israel reported. The ceasefire is likely to begin Thursday night after Egyptian authorities negotiated between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) will stop its attacks in the Gaza Strip at 2:00 a.m. on Friday (7:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday night), according to the agreement. If Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israel, however, the IDF will resume the attack and the ceasefire will be canceled. Egypt has promised that it will be able to convince Hamas to stop firing rockets.