Israel, Palestinians agree truce from Sunday evening – sources

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and Palestinian militants have agreed to look at a truce in Gaza from Sunday night as proposed by Cairo, sources stated, after a weekend-long pounding of Palestinian targets by Israel drove militants to focus on its cities with longer-range rockets.

An Egyptian safety supply stated Israel had agreed to the truce supply, whereas a Palestinian official acquainted with Egyptian mediation efforts stated it will go into impact at 20:00 (1900 GMT).

Spokespeople for Israel and Islamic Jihad, the faction it has been preventing in Gaza since clashes erupted on Friday, didn’t verify this, saying solely that they had been involved with Cairo.

(Extra reporting by Ali Sawafta and by Ahmed Mohamed Hassan in Cairo; writing by Dan Williams; modifying by John Stonestreet)