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

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

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