epa03479298 Smoke rises from an alleged Hamas site after an Israeli air strike in the east of Gaza City, 20 November 2012. The Gaza crisis should end in a truce within ‘hours’, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said 20 November – although there was no official reaction from Israel. Egypt has played a major role in attempting to negotiate a ceasefire between the two sides, in the seven-days of exchanges of rockets and air strikes, which have left 130 Palestinians and three Israelis dead, and hundreds injured. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER