Smoke rises from Israeli missile strikes in Gaza City on Saturday.Ali Ali/European Pressphoto Agency
Israel Declares Cease-Fire; Hamas Says It Will
Fight On -- New York Times
Fight On -- New York Times
JERUSALEM — Israel declared late Saturday that a unilateral cease-fire would begin in Gaza within hours, but said its troops would remain in place for now.
After 22 days of war against Hamas, and the deaths of more than 1,200 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert insisted that “we have reached all the goals of the war, and beyond.” Speaking to the nation late Saturday night, he said that Hamas had “suffered a major blow” and that if it continued to fire rockets into Israel, “the Israeli Army will regard itself as free to respond with force.”
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