[Ynet News ] Roni Sofer - Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Gilad, head of the Defense Ministry's Security-Diplomatic Bureau, returned from Egypt Thursday after relaying Israel's conditions for a temporary truce: Israel requires any truce in Gaza to include a total halt in terrorist and smuggling activity and the return of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Should the militant groups in Gaza adhere to these guidelines, Israel would cease its actions against the militias and reopen the crossings with Gaza.
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