Ceasefire Appears to Be Holding, Details Emerge as Journalists Leave Gaza (Video)
JERUSALEM (Worthy News)– As journalists left the Gaza Strip more details emerged as television crews showed detailed footage of how Hamas assembled rockets and then fired them from residential areas just before a 72-hour ceasefire went into effect. Meanwhile, Israel-U.S. relations have hit a new low after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry haven’t spoken since their short phone conversation last week was disconnected due to “communications problems”. Lastly, Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said the U.S. and E.U. must “recognize” Hamas as a “legitimate political actor” in order to bring peace to the region.
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