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GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian militants have agreed to keep a truce in Gaza from Sunday night, as proposed by Cairo, sources say. -Range Rocket.
Egyptian security sources said Israel had agreed to a ceasefire offer, and a Palestinian official familiar with Egypt's mediation efforts said it would go into effect at 20:00 (1900 GMT).
A spokesperson for Israel and Islamic Jihad, the faction fighting in Gaza since clashes erupted on Friday, did not confirm this, only saying it was in contact with Cairo.
(Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta and Ahmed Mohammed Hassan of Cairo; writing by Dan Williams; editing by John Stonestreet)
