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Israel views ceasefire proposal 'positively'

Published January 7, 2009, 5:42 pm, Global TV National

JERUSALEM - Israel gave its tentative approval to parts of a Franco-Egyptian ceasefire proposal Wednesday and unilaterally called a three-hour afternoon lull in the fighting with Hamas to allow 80 trucks of humanitarian aid and some fuel into Gaza.

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