Israeli vehicles move towards the border before crossing from Israel into the northern Gaza Strip January 7, 2009. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)From The Guardian:
Israel and Hamas yesterday both "welcomed" - but neither accepted - an Egyptian-French plan to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
For the first time the US urged Israel to say yes to the ceasefire call, with Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state, pressing the Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, by telephone as the UN security council debated action to end the 12-day crisis.
A strongly worded UN statement, brokered by Britain, France and the US, was expected to be agreed last night after the council failed to make enough progress to agree a resolution. David Miliband, the foreign secretary, said in New York that he had seen "the first glimmerings of the possibility of a ceasefire", adding: "It's far too early to say we can get a breakthrough."
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