![A Palestinian woman loads her suitcases onto a luggage cart before crossing into Gaza A Palestinian woman loads her suitcases onto a luggage cart before crossing into Gaza through Israel's Erez crossing August 6, 2014. A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to a war that has devastated the Hamas Islamist- dominated enclave. Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning and started a 72-hour Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Hamas as a first step towards a long-term deal.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/03/RTR41H7C.jpg/RTR41H7C.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=8bttZBoN)
![A Palestinian woman loads her suitcases onto a luggage cart before crossing into Gaza A Palestinian woman loads her suitcases onto a luggage cart before crossing into Gaza through Israel's Erez crossing August 6, 2014. A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to a war that has devastated the Hamas Islamist- dominated enclave. Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning and started a 72-hour Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Hamas as a first step towards a long-term deal.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/03/RTR41H7C.jpg/RTR41H7C.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=8bttZBoN)
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![A Palestinian woman loads her suitcases onto a luggage cart before crossing into Gaza A Palestinian woman loads her suitcases onto a luggage cart before crossing into Gaza through Israel's Erez crossing August 6, 2014. A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to a war that has devastated the Hamas Islamist- dominated enclave. Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning and started a 72-hour Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Hamas as a first step towards a long-term deal.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/03/RTR41H7C.jpg/RTR41H7C.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=8bttZBoN)
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