Israeli officials say cease-fire may be reached within two days.
An Israeli bomb squad inspects a house in Sderot that was damaged by rocket fire from Gaza.Credit.Tsafrir Abayov/Associated Press
May 19, 2021
Israel and Hamas will likely reach a cease-fire agreement within the next two days, according to a senior Israeli official familiar with the negotiations and two others who corroborated the account.
The cease-fire under discussion would come in stages. The first would include the cessation of all Israeli attacks on Hamas infrastructure and facilities, and an end to Israeli attempts to kill senior Hamas members, the officials said.
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