Egypt FM makes formal announcement of truce in joint press conference with Clinton in Cairo; Netanyahu touts success of Operation Pillar of Defense, thanks Obama for ''unwavering support for Israel'' during operation.
Bus explodes on Tel Aviv's Shaul Hamelech Street, of 23 injured, one seriously, one moderately wounded; police confirm explosion was a terror attack, are searching for additional suspects, explosives.
Six Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel have been executed in a neighborhood of Gaza as several witnesses explained that the military wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade, claimed the executions in messages written on the bodies.
The French umbrella Jewish organisation, CRIF, is to stage a demonstration in Paris Tuesday night in support of Israel “to differentiate between the Israeli government acting in self-defence of its people and Hamas launching rockets at them without provocation in the preceding days”.
Rocket strike comes amid reports of an imminent cease-fire; seven wounded in Ashkelon rocket barrage; Gush Etzion is hit by rocket for second time; South suffers constant barrage throughout the day.
“Germany is ready to help and support and we will do our best in the interests of our friends in Israel,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle declared Tuesday in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
