The Abilene Reporter-News · Abilene, TX · 15 July 2014
CP-2014-064
Egypt designs Gaza cease-fire
3-step plan has sides meet in Cairo
By Josef Federman and Maggie Michael / Associated Press
Transcribed from the clipping
JERUSALEM – Egypt presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end a week of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has left at least 185 people dead, and both sides said they were seriously considering the proposal. The late-night offer by Egypt marked the first sign of a breakthrough in international efforts to end the conflict.
Hamas’ top leader in Gaza confirmed there was “diplomatic movement,” while Israel’s policymaking Security Cabinet was set to discuss the proposal early Tuesday. Arab foreign ministers discussed the plan Monday night at an emergency meeting in Cairo, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was expected in the region Tuesday.
Israel launched the offensive July 8, saying it was a response to weeks of heavy rocket fire out of Hamas-ruled Gaza. The Health Ministry in Gaza said 185 people, including dozens of civilians, have been killed, and more than 1,000 people wounded.
There have been no Israelis killed, although several have been wounded by rocket shrapnel, including two sisters, ages 11 and 13, seriously hurt Monday.
How this transcription was made
Date confirmed on the page (masthead). Filed under the archive’s spelling; the page prints “Abilene Reporter-News”.
Context added by this archive
Useful for the Bennett arc: on the same two days in July 2014, three different American papers carried three different Bennett statements against a cease-fire, each one printed without rebuttal.
The AP's own accounting here is blunt - '185 people, including dozens of civilians' against 'no Israelis killed' - and the paper gives Haniyeh's 'the siege must stop and Gaza people need to live in dignity' room on the page. Nouns: 'Hamas militants', 'Hamas-ruled Gaza', 'Israeli-Egyptian blockade' (in the paper's own voice, column two). 'Occupied' does not appear.
Cite this clipping
"Egypt designs Gaza cease-fire," The Abilene Reporter-News, 15 July 2014, p. 3A. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2014-064. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2014-064
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