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Winners and losers from Gaza fighting
November 23, 2012
After eight days of the fiercest fighting in years, a cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers could usher in a new era of relations between the bitter foes.
The renewed quiet on both home fronts raises questions about what those involved gained, and lost, from the fighting and its aftermath.
Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel secured an agreement to stop the persistent rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel without launching a ground invasion into Gaza or losing the support of its international allies.