Israel expects answer on Gaza truce next week
Israel expects to get a response next week to its conditions for a truce in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a defence ministry official said on Friday. Amos Gilad, a top aide to Defence Minister Ehud Barak, presented the conditions during talks in Cairo on Thursday with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, who is mediating the negotiations with Hamas, the Islamist movement that seized control of Gaza one year ago. Full Story