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Divides in Gaza Leadership Hamper Lasting Truce

(Wall Street Journal) Jay Solomon and Nicholas Casey - The fragmented Islamist leadership of Gaza has emerged as a serious obstacle to forging a durable cease-fire, according to U.S., Arab and Israeli officials. Officials from Qatar and Turkey, who have been mediating on behalf of Hamas, said its political leader, Khaled Meshaal, had signed on to a 72-hour cease-fire that was supposed to start last Friday. U.S. officials said there are growing concerns Meshaal's decisions either aren't being followed on the ground, or aren't communicated to battlefield commanders quickly enough.

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