LIVE - Israeli city of Ashdod streets after Israel-Hamas truce comes into effect

Описание: ASHDOD, ISRAEL – People take to the streets in Ashdod after Israel-Hamas truce comes into effect.

A truce between Israel and Hamas began on Friday at the hour set by Egyptian mediators, and U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to salve the devastation of the worst fighting in years with humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

ISRAEL and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire to end the 11-day missile blitz across the Gaza Strip which has left hundreds dead.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced the truce with a statement from his cabinet calling it "mutual and unconditional"

Hamas also confirmed that a "mutual and simultaneous" truce with Israel would begin at 2am on Friday (midnight UK time).

However, others say the two sides are still negotiating exactly when it would take effect.

The agreement - brokered by Egypt - would close the heaviest round of fighting between the bitter enemies since a 50-day war in 2014.

The fighting began May 10, when Hamas militants in Gaza fired long-range rockets toward Jerusalem after clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a flashpoint site that is known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount.

Heavy-handed police tactics at the compound and the threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinian families by Jewish settlers had inflamed tensions.

Netanyahu's security cabinet approved the truce on the basis of what one official reportedly called "quiet in exchange for quiet".

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Israel and Hamas agree ceasefire to end 11-day bombing blitz in Gaza which left more than 200 dead
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