Israeli Spokesman Hopes Cease-Fire Will Bring ‘Peace And Quiet’ In Southern Israel

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Mark Regev, a spokesman for the Israeli government, said on Wednesday that success of the just-brokered cease-fire agreement between Israeli forces and Hamas militants will be gauged by whether or not it brings “peace and quiet” to Israelis living in the southern part of the country.

“We’ll be hoping for, and the arrangements are very specific about this, total and complete quiet,” Regev said on CNN. “We’ve said from day one of this crisis, our goal is to bring peace and quiet to the people of southern Israel who have been on the receiving end of these rockets from Hamas-controlled Gaza for just too long. And this arrangement, which was obviously an Egyptian proposal with the Americans sponsoring them, and we thank both the governments of Egypt and the United States for their support in this matter, will offer a new reality in which we’ll have peace and quiet for our citizens in southern Israel who have suffered so much.”

 

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