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A Hamas official in Gaza says that all of Gaza’s militant groups have agreed to a cease-fire aimed at ending a three-day round of violence with Israel.

The official says Egypt helped broker the cease-fire, which will go into effect this evening. He says Egypt told the groups that Israel would halt its airstrikes only if the Palestinian groups stopped shooting first, and that Hamas security personnel would enforce the agreement.

	Emergency personnel at the site of a direct Grad rocket hit on a home in Be’er Sheva, in which one person was killed.
	Photo by: Eliyahu Hershkovitz

He spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because the agreement had not officially been made public.