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| Hillary Clinton meets Mohammed Morsi in Cairo in June. |
IDF continues to prepare for a Gaza incursion; ‘if the firing continues, we will have to take broader action, and we won’t hesitate to do so,’ PM says.
Israel has agreed not to launch a ground operation in Gaza for at least 24 hours, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed for the region to help broker a ceasefire between Jerusalem and Hamas.
“We have decided to give the diplomatic efforts a very serious chance,” a government official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told The Times of Israel Tuesday morning, a few hours after the country’s top nine ministers convened to discuss the further course of Operation Pillar of Defense.
“We’re giving a chance to diplomacy. We’re giving it time, but this time is not unlimited,” the official said, adding that “we’ll know in a day or two” whether Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, Clinton and other international players currently in or traveling to Israel will be successful in achieving a ceasefire.
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