And israel launching more air strikes on gaza. The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry is pushing for a week long truce to begin on sunday. The Gaza Health Ministry says 883 people have been killed, close to 6,000 wounded. 40 israelis have been killed most of them soldiers. John vauss is in jerusalem for us. He joins us now with the latest and again, john, theyre hoping for 12 hours of peace but that smoke over gaza and these live pictures could be some sort of ominous look at what may be ahead. Well, look, both sides have said they will honor this cease fire, the israelis though making note if hamas does violate the deal, then they will hit back hard. But right now, the clocks ticking. Hope for the best that maybe this fighting will ease up 12 hours of calm. Something gaza has not seen for 19 days now. As you said, just right till the very last moment, there were explosions in gaza. Three very big explosions in the northern part of gaza just at least a dozen others were heard, as well
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Heavily armed police stole a plane after a passenger allegedly threatened to blow it up. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im john vause, reporting from jerusalem. Israel and hamas are two hours into a temporary ceasefire, a brief window of calm to allow humanitarian supplies into gaza and get some of the wounded out. During this 12hour long went die, soldiers will continue searching for tunnels and destroying them. If this truce can hold, there are hopes it may lead to talks on a more permanent ceasefire which would address Israeli Security kearns as well as hamass demands for a reopening of the border. It seem the israelis and hamas continued fighting right up to the ceasefire. Both sides are now holding their fire. Reporter right now, it does seem calm across the gaza strip. And youre right. Right up to that 8 00 start time here locally, there was fighting still going on. We could still hear it all around us. But thousand it does
Thank you for joining us. Along with george howell. It is 9 00 in israel and gaza where a ceasefire has been in effect for the past hour. Israel and hamas treated rocket fire and air strikes until the last minute with large and powerful explosions in gaza. This truce is scheduled to last until 8 00 p. M. Local time, 11 more hours. We have live pictures for you now from gaza where you can see some barely visible homes. Relatively quiet since the ceasefire began and not so right up until the very minute it began. Of course this pause in the fighting is meant to bring medical supplies into gaza and many wounded to be evacuated. Israel said if hamas breaks the truce it will respond. Quite fragile. John vaus is in jerusalem. From your vantage point, we see smoke still billowing. What do you understand . Reporter joe, so far, so good. We are an hour in and it is relatively quiet there in gaza. Certainly in gaza city. Cars are back out on the streets and shops are expected to reopen. Medical
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