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state of Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas started 72-hour ceasefire on Friday morning. halt in hostilities was engineered by America's Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary-General Ban-ki Moon. humanitarian truce will give Palestinians time to restock on basic supplies such as food and medicines. They also need to repair power stations which have been put out of action during fighting of past three weeks. Israelis and Palestinians are also to meet in Cairo, Egypt to talk about possibility of permanent truce between the two sides. They will talk about resolving underlying differences that have caused unrest for decades.

Hamas said it would abide by pause in fighting. Its spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said: "Acknowledging call by the United Nations and in consideration of situation of our people, resistance factions agreed to 72-hour humanitarian and mutual calm…as long as other side abides by it." He added: "All Palestinian factions are united behind issue." The day before the ceasefire was announced, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would continue to destroy tunnels that have been dug under the Gaza-Israel border. John Kerry called ceasefire "precious time." He said: "It is moment for the different factions to be able to come together with the state of Israel."