Report: Egypt trying to broker end to southern escalation
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Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza on Wednesday and an Israeli air strike killed a militant in the Strip.
A Palestinian official said Egypt was trying to mediate a truce. "The contacts Cairo made resulted in a verbal promise by Hamas to calm the situation down and Israel said it was monitoring calm on the ground and would refrain from attacks unless it was subject to rocket fire from Gaza," said the official, who is close to the talks. (Reuters)
