Israel-Hamas ceasefire will last if ‘Hamas stops firing rockets’

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is now taking effect after an 11-day bombardment and for it to hold “Hamas needs to stop firing rockets”, according to Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Michael Freeman. “It’s an unconditional ceasefire, our terms are very clear, Hamas needs to stop firing rockets and it should be clear to everybody that we’ve stopped this round now, that we had some very clear aims, military aims, that we wanted to achieve and we believe that we’ve achieved those aims,” he told Sky News. “This is unconditional but at the same time if the Hamas fire on us again it should be very, very clear that we will react, that we will not allow any rocket fire whatsoever into Egypt.” Mr Freeman said the ceasefire was “brokered by Egypt” as it has good relations with both Israel and Palestine. “The last thing we want is for rockets to be falling on our communities so we are committed to this and as long as Hamas respect the ceasefire and don’t fire on us, it will hold.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au