A HAMAS-ISRAEL CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCED BY EGYPTIAN AND AMERICAN LEADERS............

Two hours ago, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, and American Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, announced a ceasefire between Hamas in Gaza, and the State of Israel, in their current Middle East rocket bombing violence conflict.  The ceasefire comes before growing fears of a ground war by Israel on the Gaza could occur.  The rocket attacks in ther thousands on Israel begun by Hamas last Wednesday have caused the Israelis to respond defensively and to seriously contemplate landing troops in Gaza to combat Hamas.  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is reported to have accepted a request from American President Barack Obama to agree to the ceasefire framework, allowing for further negotiation of the differences causing the present turmoil to be addressed and hopefully resolved.  Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is affiliated with Hamas had agreed to broker the ceasefire agreement.  For now the ceasefire has taken good hold and only two rockets have been fired at Israel since it took effect.  The response to the start of the ceasefire is one of jubiliation on the scene with hopes that it will take hold longer than not............Fr.  Troy