Reply #1: 'Egypt is working to restore calm between Gaza, Israel'

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Source: Jerusalem Post

'Egypt is working to restore calm between Gaza, Israel'

By YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST.COM STAFF AND REUTERS
12/08/2011 23:20

Egyptian ambassador calls Israeli hit on terrorist planning attack from Sinai a "violation," says Cairo working with relevant parties to restore ceasefire; five rockets explode in Israel.

Egypt is working to restore calm in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel after violence escalated following an IDF hit on a prominent Gazan terrorist, Ma'an News Agency reported Thursday.

Egyptian ambassador to the Palestinian Territories Yasser Othman told Ma'an that "Egypt is trying to stop Israeli violations and attacks and reinstate a ceasefire, which Israel annulled today when it assassinated Essam and Sobhi Batash."

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