palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but it is worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder, though, that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. in the past few minutes the white house has issued a st
and the militant islamichhad went into effect. crowds celebrated in the streets. emergency services and civil defence vehicles had their sirens blaring and lights flashing. the truce came into effect a few hours ago, signalling an end to the worst episode of cross borderfire in the last years. the agreement, brokered by egypt, follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people, all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since news of the truce emerged. a palestinian source told the bbc that the new agreement included a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians. for more on this i spoke earlier to khaled elgindy, senior fellow at the middle east institute and the director of its programme on palestine and palestinian israeli affairs. it would seem the ceas
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dana, along with dana: president biden pushing for a pause, hamas rockets from gaza are raining down on the jewish state. trey yingst was live on the air, a rocket landing near him. a rocket just slammed into the building next to where we are at. in terms of a ceasefire, it s challenging to have a ceasefire while rockets are still raining down on israel and that s what s being called for here, and part of the reason that the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says he won t have any sort of ceasefire because the fire still continues into israel, plus you have the issue of the hostages. 241 israelis held and some are foreign nationals, but the majority of them are israelis, held inside the gaza strip. dana: the leader of hezbollah is signalling a second front could break out in the north. escalating missile strikes on israel and the chief is now threatening america. america is a fully responsible for the war prevailing in gaza against its people. israel is merely the