Hamas, Israel agree on truce in Gaza
Gaza, Aug 10 : The Islamic Hamas movement said that a truce with Israel on halting escalation in the Gaza Strip began from Thursday midnight.
The agreement, brokered by Egypt and UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, will end another round of military confrontation between Israel and Hamas, a source from Hamas told Xinhua news agency.
"A calm-for-calm deal has been brokered by Egypt and by the UN Special envoy on condition that the Israeli occupation should respect the agreement," the Hamas source said on condition of anonymity.
"The Palestinian resistance has the right to respond to any Israeli violation," the source added.
Meanwhile, a source from the Popular Resistance Committees, a coalition of armed Palestinian groups in Gaza, said the agreement came into effect at midnight.
Israeli war jets have struck more than 150 sites in Gaza since Wednesday overnight, killing a pregnant woman, her baby and a Hamas fighter, while Gaza militants launched more than 100 rockets toward southern Israel, injuring over 20 Israelis.
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Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem President Inayathullah Shabandri quits JD(S), joins Congress
Bhatkal (Uttara Kannada): President of Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem Bhatkal and noted JD(S) leader Inayathullah Shabandri on Friday joined the Congress party at an event attended by KPCC Chief DK Shivakumar and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Inayathullah Shabandri had distanced himself from the JD(s) following its alliance with the BJP for the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections. However, he had not shared any official statement on his stance over the matter.
Several social media users had raised their objection and had sought clarification from Inayathullah on his stand over his party’s decision to form alliance with the BJP. It had also to do with the post of President of socio-religious organization of Bhatkal, Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem that he holds, that had mounted pressure on him to issue a clarification.
