World | Hamas Hamas Rejects Ceasefire Offer, Then OKs It 24-hour truce goes into effect ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday By Polly Davis Doig Posted Jul 27, 2014 6:00 AM CDT Copied Smoke from Israeli strikes rises over Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) Hamas has approved a 24-hour truce that goes into effect right now, rather abruptly reversing its earlier rejection of Israel's 24-hour ceasefire offer and halting the rockets it had begun launching again, even as Israel had re-launched military operations. The move comes ahead of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which begins tomorrow or Tuesday, depending on the sighting of the moon, and caps Ramadan. Read These Next Mid That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. Actor Sam Rockwell gets residuals from movie he wasn't in. Report an error