Israel Accepts Proposal For Temporary Ceasefire In Gaza: Official

Official: Israel Accepts Proposal For Temporary Ceasefire In Gaza
Israeli surfers practice their sport with a national flag in the foreground on the coast of the Israeli Mediterranean port city of Tel Aviv on July 15, 2014. Israel's security cabinet accepted this morning an Egyptian ceasefire proposal, a government spokesman said, after a week of the deadliest violence in and around Gaza in years. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli surfers practice their sport with a national flag in the foreground on the coast of the Israeli Mediterranean port city of Tel Aviv on July 15, 2014. Israel's security cabinet accepted this morning an Egyptian ceasefire proposal, a government spokesman said, after a week of the deadliest violence in and around Gaza in years. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images)

(Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday agreed to a proposed six-hour cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip for humanitarian reasons, a Israeli senior official told Reuters.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it had not yet been decided when the lull would take place. Hamas had no immediate comment.

The appeal was made by a United Nations official, the official said, confirming Israeli media reports, shortly after Hamas rejected an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire to end the nine-day war in which 215 Palestinians and an Israeli have died.

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