Hamas denies report of new Gaza cease-fire

Word of disputed truce comes hours after call for Fatah to surrender

MSNBC News Services
Updated: 3:52 p.m. ET June 13, 2007

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas agreed on Wednesday to end a surge of factional fighting in Gaza, a television station linked to Abbas’ Fatah group reported.

Hamas denied that a truce had been reached, saying it agreed only that violence should end.

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