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Pakistani students carry a banner during a demonstration organised by the fundamentalist Islamic political party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) in Karachi on August 12, 2014, against Israeli military action in Gaza. Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Cairo to broker an end to the Gaza conflict have so far made no progress, a senior Israeli official said on August 12, 2014. His remarks came as the Egyptian-mediated talks entered their second day and a 72-hour truce held on the ground, bringing relief to millions on both sides of the Gaza border. The negotiations are aimed at brokering a long-term ceasefire agreement to end a confrontation which erupted on July 8, 2014 and which has claimed the lives of 1,940 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and 67 people on the Israeli side, most of them soldiers. AFP PHOTO/Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)