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以色列与埃及达成加沙停战协议 Israel has accepted a Egyptian proposal for a truce in the conflict in Gaza. 以色列接受埃及的停战提议，双方将停止在加沙地区的冲突。 For more than a week, Israel has launched air strikes on Gaza ? Hamas, which controls Gaza, has not formally responded. But its armed wing has rejected the plan as a surrender.? ? The proposal urges a ceasefire starting imminently（迫切地）, followed by a series of meetings in Cairo with high-level delegations from both sides. ? Palestinian officials say at least 192 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes launched eight days ago to stop militants firing rockets into Israel. ? The UN estimates that over three-quarters of these were civilians. ? An estimated 1,400 Palestinians have been injured.? ? At least four Israelis have been seriously injured since the violence flared, but no-one has been killed. No guarantee ? Israels security cabinet, convened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, voted to approve the truce on Tuesday morning, minutes before the proposed time for it to come into effect. ? The BBCs Kevin Connolly says there is no surprise in the proposals formula. Something like this has always been the likeliest way out of the crisis, our correspondent says. ? But there is no guarantee it will work, he adds. ? For now, Hamas sources are saying its attacks will increase in ferocity（凶猛，暴行） and intensity unless Israel releases prisoners and co-operates with Egypt to lift economic restrictions on Gaza.? ? That is not encouraging but does not mean that a deal will not ultimately be done, our correspondent says - just that it will not be easy.? ? In the latest violence, three people were killed in Khan Younis, south of Gaza, on Tuesday morning, shortly before Israel accepted the proposed truce. ? Israeli sources said at least three rockets landed in and around the southern Israeli city of Eilat overnight. ? Reports suggest they may have been fired from the Sinai peninsula in Egypt rather than from Gaza. 2