DHAKA: Israeli negotiators were due in Cairo on Monday for talks on ending a month-old Gaza war with Palestinian militants.

An Israeli government official said, after a new 72-hour truce brokered by Egypt appeared to be holding, reports The Straits Times.

The Israeli military said one rocket was launched at the Tel Aviv area, in Israel’s commercial heartland, before the ceasefire went into effect at 2100 GMT on Sunday and may have landed in the sea. Hamas said it fired the missile.

A senior Israeli government official had said on Sunday Israeli negotiators would return to Cairo to resume indirect talks with the Palestinians only if the truce held.

A month of war has killed 1,910 Palestinians and 67 Israelis while devastating wide tracts of densely populated Gaza.

BDST: 1518 HRS, AUG 11, 2014