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Gaza celebrates victory as truce holds

Gaza residents cleared rubble and claimed victory on Thursday, just hours after an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers ended the worst cross-border fighting in four years.

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The ceasefire announcement had set off frenzied street celebrations in the coastal strip, and raised hopes of a new era in relations between Israel and Hamas.


Relief: Palestinians celebrate the beginning of the truce with Israel in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip. Pic/AFP

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