The Latest: Palestinian envoy: Egypt working on Gaza truce
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers (all times local): The Palestinian U.N. ambassador says Egyptian mediators are in Israel trying to get the government to agree on a Gaza cease-fire. Riyad Mansour, who represents the Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, told reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday that "we are grateful for the Egyptians who are mediating." The Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, says it agreed to the Egyptian cease-fire ...
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