Israel extends cease-fire for 24 hours despite fresh rocket fire from Gaza

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    The Israeli cabinet approved a 24-hour extension of its cease-fire Saturday but said it would respond to any future rocket fire from Gaza after Hamas rejected an earlier proposed four-hour extension and fired rockets into Israel.

    The announcement came after Hamas confirmed that it fired five rockets at Israel late Saturday after rejecting an earlier offer from Israel to extend a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire by four hours, casting new doubt on international efforts to broker an end to 19 days of fighting.

    http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/26/israel-cabinet-extends-cease-fire-despite-hamas-rocket-fire/
     
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