Gaza conflict: Israel and Hamas 'agree ceasefire'

LONDON. KAZINFORM Israel and Palestinian groups including Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza, officials and Egyptian mediators say.

The ceasefire will start at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Tuesday.

On Monday Israel held its own seven-hour "humanitarian window" in Gaza but then resumed its military operations.

Health officials in Gaza say more than 1,800 Palestinians have been killed in the four-week conflict, which has also claimed 67 Israeli lives.

A Thai national working in Israel was also killed, BBC News reports.

'Without preconditions'

There have been several truces called during the conflict but few have lasted, with each side accusing the other of violations.