GAZA // Hamas Islamist militants have agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce in its conflict with Israel in the Gaza Strip, the group’s spokesman said on Sunday.
“In response to the UN’s intervention request to monitor the situation... it has been agreed between the resistance factions that a 24-hour humanitarian truce will start from 2pm [3pm UAE time],” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.
There was no immediate word from Israel, which called off its own 24-hour ceasefire earlier in the day after Hamas fired a volley of rockets into southern and central Israel.
* Reuters, Agence France-Presse
