Israel rules out immediate truce

  • LOCATION

    Tel Aviv

  • DATE

    Dec 31 2008

  • TIME

    10:10

  • CATEGORY Announcements   
  • ENTITY

    N/A

  • VERIFIED

    YES

  • INCIDENT
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Israel has rejected calls for an immediate temporary ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip after five consecutive days of aerial assault.

Yigal Palmor, a foreign ministry spokesman, said it was unrealistic to expect Israel to agree to a plan "with no mechanism to enforce the cessation of shooting and terror from Hamas".

Israel's security cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss the proposal made by France, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union... http://tinyurl.com/97xyb4

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