Jerusalem: Israel said on Thursday any calm in the Gaza Strip, as proposed by Palestinian militant organisation, could only be sustainable if three specific conditions were met.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ariye Mekel said the militant organisations must stop firing rockets and mortars at southern Israel, stop attacks inside Israel and on the Gaza-Israel border, and stop smuggling weapons into the enclave. If these conditions were met, the calm would be sustainable, Mekel said.
Palestinian militant factions agreed in Cairo on Wednesday to a ceasefire in their fighting with the Jewish state. Israel's response to the truce proposal is expected to be given to Cairo next week.
