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Hamas announces one-week ceasefire

By Tobias Buck and agencies in Jerusalem

Published: January 16 2009 09:30 | Last updated: January 18 2009 13:11

Spokesmen for the militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, said on Sunday that the group will observe an immediate ceasefire and gave Israel a week to pull its troops out of the territory.

“Hamas and the factions announce a ceasefire in Gaza starting immediately and give Israel a week to withdraw,” Ayman Taha, a Hamas official in Cairo for talks with Egypt on a truce deal, told Reuters.

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