epa04342765 Israeli soldiers carry their gears as they move to a staging area at an unspecified location near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, 06 August 2014. The Palestinians are considering extending the 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that went into effect on 05 August, a West Bank-based news agency quoted an official attending talks in Egypt on a more enduring truce with Israel as saying. Israel is conditioning ending the blockade on disarming all militants in the Gaza Strip and dismantling their weapons, mainly the missiles they fire across the border. EPA/ABIR SULTAN