Hamas claims 'victory' as Gaza truce agreed with Israel

AFP , Tuesday 26 Aug 2014

Hamas negotiator Moussa Abu Marzouk
Hamas negotiator Moussa Abu Marzouk (Photo: Reuters)

Hamas said on Tuesday that a long-term truce to end seven weeks of fighting in Gaza had been agreed with Israel, hailing it as a "victory for the resistance."

"The negotiations with an agreement which embodies the resistance of our people and a victory for the resistance," Hamas's exiled deputy leader, Mussa Abu Marzuk, wrote on his Facebook page.

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