Published: 21 May 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
The ceasefire is to take effect from 9am this morning, AEST, ending an 11-day conflict which has cost 232 lives in Gaza and 12 in Israel
Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 9am AEST on this morning, Friday, May 21, a Hamas official and Israeli media said, bringing a potentially tenuous halt to the fiercest fighting in decades.
The reports came a day after US President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek de-escalation, and amid mediation bids by Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations.
Israel’s security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire (Guardian)
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire ending an 11-day conflict which has cost 232 lives in Gaza and 12 in Israel, after days of international pressure to stop the bloodshed.
Israel, Hamas agree to Gaza ceasefire after 11 days of fighting (Times of Israel)
Terror group and media reports say truce to go into effect at 2am; heavy rocket fire in south; Hamas fires anti-tank missile at bus, lightly injuring IDF soldier
Photo: A Palestinian elderly man walks past a building destroyed by Israeli shelling in Gaza City, May 20 (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
