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Noam Chomsky, John Pilger and Ken Loach are among more than 40,000 signatories who have signed an open letter to the BBC calling on its journalists to reflect the reality of Gaza’s occupation while reporting on Israel’s current assault.

http://www.palestinecampaign.org/chomsky-pilger-loach-call-bbc-reflect-reality-gazas-occupation/

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Hamas and Islamic Jihad stated Tuesday that they were never consulted
over the terms of a proposed truce with Israel that was drafted by
Egypt. The Israeli prime minister stated that if Hamas does not
accept the ceasefire proposal, it will be legitimate for Israel to
broaden its military operation against the Gaza Strip.

http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/politics/politico/82
89-israel-seeks-legitimation-to-continue-attack-on-gaza

Let’s talk about the faux ceasefire. Really a fraudulent ceasefire.
Egypt’s ceasefire with no one. My Israeli source, who was consulted
as part of the negotiations, tells me that this was not, in reality,
an Egyptian proposal. It was, in fact, an Israeli proposal presented
in the guise of an Egyptian proposal. Israel wrote the ceasefire
protocol. The Egyptians rubber-stamped it and put it out under their
letterhead as if it was their own.

http://www.richardsilverstein.com/

Hamas heard of ceasefire 'through media'

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Tuesday that the group were not consulted by Egypt about ceasefire arrangements and only heard of the initiative through media outlets.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=713295

Hamas officially rejects Egypt truce initiative

Hamas said on Wednesday that they had "officially" informed Cairo that they had not accepted the Egyptian peace initiative, after Israel blamed the group for breaking a ceasefire Monday.
Hamas has insisted that any ceasefire include provisions to end the seven-year long Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, which has crippled the region's economy.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=713647

Hamas, Islamic Jihad offer 10-year truce

Hamas and Islamic Jihad have submitted a list of 10 demands to Egypt to establish a 10-year truce with Israel, the Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported Wednesday.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=713579

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Four out of every five Palestinians killed during Israel’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza have been civilians, including dozens of women and children, the United Nations said Monday.

The statistic was disclosed by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) amid mounting international concern over non-combatant casualties during an operation Israeli officials have said is aimed solely at rooting out militants and stopping rockets being fired into Israel.
Pressure intensified for a ceasefire as the latest death toll climbed to 172.

Of 160 deaths that had occurred by Sunday, 133 — 80 per cent — had been among Gaza’s civilian population, OCHA said, including 35 children and 27 women. Only 26 were established to have belonged to “armed groups” while the status of another nine men was unverified. Some 296 children and 233 women have been among the 1,140 wounded, according to Gaza health ministry figures.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Four+every+five+Palestinians+killed+Gaza+have+been+civilians/10030026/story.html