Calm is returning to Gaza after a cease-fire ended more than one week of violence. The truce brokered by Egypt took effect Wednesday.
ເຂດກາຊາແລະ ອິສຣາແອລ ມີຄວາມສະຫງົບ ຫລັງຈາກການຢຸດຍິງ ມີຜົນບັງຄັບໃຊ້
![Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh waves to people as they celebrate what they say is a victory over Israel after an eight-day conflict, Gaza City, November 22, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ba7a5b56-91f5-4fe3-b099-7a2727bdf9ad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh waves to people as they celebrate what they say is a victory over Israel after an eight-day conflict, Gaza City, November 22, 2012.
![Hamas militants carry the bodies of their comrades, who medics said were killed in Israeli air strikes on Wednesday, during their funeral in the central Gaza Strip, November 22, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e3277d28-ecc9-4214-9b8c-4ce846186391_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hamas militants carry the bodies of their comrades, who medics said were killed in Israeli air strikes on Wednesday, during their funeral in the central Gaza Strip, November 22, 2012.
![Hassidic Jewish men from the Breslov sect dance near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai outside the northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f05c70a2-31e8-4c83-9484-c524793697b9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hassidic Jewish men from the Breslov sect dance near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai outside the northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2012.
![Israeli soldiers, atop a tank, prepare to leave their Gaza border position at sun rise, November 22, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/533fe4b2-96fc-4152-b0c7-ef182aefacee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli soldiers, atop a tank, prepare to leave their Gaza border position at sun rise, November 22, 2012.