Is Israel set for an imminent truce?
Updated on 17 January 2009
Israel's security cabinet is meeting to vote on a unilateral ceasefire, as the UN calls for a war crimes probe after two boys dies in Gaza.
The cabinet meeting follows the Israeli government's three-week offensive in Gaza - with an announcement from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expected tonight.
If their operation is to cease, the Israeli military is keeping up the intensity to the very end.
Earlier today a UN school in Gaza was hit by an Israeli shell, killing two boys - prompting the the UN Relief and Works Agency to call for an investigation into possible war crimes - and there were 50 air strikes overnight.
An agreement has not been reached with Hamas, which says it will not accept a truce unless Israeli troops leave Gaza and border crossings are re-opened.
Our international editor Lindsey Hilsum is in Jerusalem.
