Hamas accepts cease-fire after massive Israeli Gaza strikes

JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza's militant Hamas rulers say they have accepted a cease-fire ending an Israeli onslaught on militant positions after a soldier was shot dead.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum says it accepted the cease-fire brokered by Egyptian and United Nations officials early Saturday and that calm had been restored.

The Israeli military destroyed more than 60 Hamas targets Friday, including three battalion headquarters. The massive airstrikes, which killed four Palestinians, came after a Palestinian sniper killed an Israeli soldier along the border.

Hamas says three of the Palestinian casualties were its members.