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Israel accepted another cease-fire on Tuesday, for the 12th time in 50 days, with this one open-ended and brokered again by the

Egyptians, and it was set to begin at 7 p.m.

Shortly after the cease-fire went into effect, Palestinians poured onto Gaza’s streets to celebrate what they called a “victory for

the resistance.” Hamas started this round with 10,000 rockets, and is now estimated to possess between 2,000 and 3,000. It started

with Hamas possessing some 32 attack tunnels leading into Israel, and the army said it destroyed all the ones it had identified,

however reports have indicated that Hamas may have access to many more tunnels and weapons. Hamas insists that they remain powerful

and Israel’s recent military operation has not impinged on their strength.