Both governments are expected to sit tomorrow and deliberate on their terms and conditions for a total cease fire.
Earlier today, Egypt which is serving as a mediator, presented the Palestinians' demands to Israel, which includes an end to the blockade on Gaza of goods and people, the release of recently rearrested prisoners who had been freed in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange; the reconstruction of Gaza, including the port and the airport; and the extension of Palestinian fishing rights to 12 nautical miles.
Israel on Sunday
began withdrawing troops from areas of Gaza after saying that its
military had completed a main objective of the ground assault - the
destruction of infiltration tunnels from Gaza into Israeli communities
on the border with the coastal strip. continue...
