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Hamas: Israel fails to implement cease-fire deal

Israel is keeping Gaza's borders closed as efforts to begin reconstruction stall, heightening the despair of ordinary Palestinians and frustrating Hamas.
A Palestinian woman holds an umbrella to cover herself from rain as she makes her way to fill containers with water in Shejaia neighborhood, that witnesses said was devastated during a seven-week Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City October 19, 2014.  An open-ended ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza militants, mediated by Egypt, took effect on August 26 after a seven-week conflict. It called for an indefinite halt to hostilities, the immediate opening of Gaza's blockaded crossings with Israe
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Palestinians in Gaza have yet to recover from the wounds of the recent Israeli war, especially those whose houses were demolished. Tens of thousands of people are still in evacuation centers, unable to restore their houses. There has been no improvement at the border checkpoints, which remain fully intact, and no reconstruction operations have kicked off. The Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip do not feel that the terms of the cease-fire agreement have been implemented.

Frustrated under the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, senior Hamas leaders have made several statements threatening to escalate matters.

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