In what can only be considered a good thing, Hamas has accepted a cease-fire on the condition that Israel withdraw from the Gaza strip.
I found the article on Haaretz's website but they said it is being reported by the Saudi-owned Arabic language Al Arabiya TV.
According to the report, Hamas has agreed to abide by the 2005 agreement which calls for Palestinian Authority forces to man the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt under the supervision of European observers.
Hamas conditioned the cease-fire agreement with Israel on the immediate withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces from the Gaza Strip, Al Arabiya reported. The senior Hamas officials that held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo had announced that they would hold a press conference on the outcome of the negotiations at 8 P.M.
There are not a lot of details and it seems to not be finalized as of yet. But the fact that the fighting is near an end is a good thing. Sorry it is short but I felt it was important to get something like this out there.