New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) The CPI(M) on Saturday welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, saying the international community should continue to exert pressure on Israel to prevent the resumption of its "aggression".

In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said it believes that a just and lasting peace in the region can be achieved only through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

"The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) welcomes the implementation of the first phase of the 'peace deal', whereby a ceasefire has come into place and which provides for the exchange of prisoners and hostages between Israel and Hamas," the CPI(M) said in a statement.

"We have witnessed Israel's violatio

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