The ceasefire announcement had set off frenzied street celebrations in the coastal strip, and raised hopes of a new era in relations between Israel and Hamas. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/nov/2311hamas1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 360px;" /> Relief: Palestinians celebrate the beginning of the truce with Israel in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip. Pic/AFP The two sides are now to negotiate a deal that would open the borders of the blockaded Palestinian territory. &ldquo;Today is different, the morning coffee tastes different and I feel we are off to a new start,&rdquo; said Ashraf Diaa, a 38-year-old engineer from Gaza City. And after the ceasefire was announced, Hamas claimed victory. &ldquo;The masses that took to the streets last night to celebrate sent a message to all the world that Gaza can&rsquo;t be defeated,&rdquo; said a spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri. u00a0

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Gaza residents cleared rubble and claimed victory on Thursday, just hours after an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers ended the worst cross-border fighting in four years.

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