Palestinians 'offer one-day truce' in Gaza

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A senior Palestinian Liberation Organisation official has said that all Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have offered a 24-hour ceasefire in Gaza and "looked favourably" on a further two-day extension, reports Aljazeera.
Yasser Abed Rabbo, a PLO executive committee member, said on Tuesday that the offer was agreed by all Palestinian factions and that a unified delegation could be sent to Cairo to talk about the next steps.
"The factions, including Hamas and Jihad, are prepared for a 24-hour truce and Israel will be held the responsible if it doesn't accept the truce as well," he said. "There is a proposal from the UN to extend the truce to 72 hours. And we look favorably upon that.
"All groups, including Hamas and Jihad, have agreed to send a unified delegation, which includes representatives from all of the Palestinian parties, to Cairo to talk about the next period.
"This is more proof that we have a unified Palestinian stand. This delegation will head to Cairo under the PLO umbrella represented by its head, Mahmoud Abbas."
Hamas has yet to comment on the announcement, and Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev told the AP news agency that the offer was "not serious" until Israel heard from Hamas directly.
The Israeli security cabinet was due to meet at about 4pm GMT on Tuesday.
Israel continues to pound the Gaza Strip. At least 100 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday, according to Gaza officials. The total Palestinian death toll in more than three weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting has surpassed 1,100.
On the Israeli side, 56 people have been killed, most of them soldiers inside the Gaza Strip.

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