Sunday, January 18, 2009, 12:31pm
Hamas and several allied Palestinian factions have announced an immediate one-week ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, giving Israelseven daysto pull out of the territory.
The move, following a meeting of the factionsin Damascus, comes a day after Israel called a unilateral truce, ending its 22-day offensive in Gaza which led to the deaths of 1,203 Palestinians.