Israel-Gaza ceasefire holds as skies fall silent
A truce between Gaza and Israel was being observed by both sides this morning, after a week of aerial warfare that ended with more than 160 people dead and both sides claiming victory.
Streets in Gaza city, empty and quiet during relentless Israeli air strikes, were once again flooded with cars and people as life returned to something like normal.
The contrast between the deserted roads of the previous eight days and the scenes of joyful chaos on Gaza City's thoroughfares was marked, and followed a night of celebrations that began as the truce came into effect at 1900 GMT on Wednesday.
Mohammed Kamel Amr, the foreign minister of Egypt, which sponsored the marathon talks which resulted in the ceasefire, announced the cessation of hostilities at a joint news conference in Cairo with Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State.
The UN Security Council urged Israel and Hamas to respect the ceasefire while joining with US President Barack Obama in praising Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi for mediating an end to the bloodshed.
As calm returned to the skies, jubilant Gazans flooded into the streets to celebrate.
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