ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Israeli police beefed up its forces in Jerusalem on Friday (August 1) amid high tensions over Gaza and ahead of noon prayers, which could be followed by riots, police said.<br/> <br />The Israeli police spokesman said only men over age 50 and women will be allowed into the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City.<br/> <br />Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip have agreed to a three-day humanitarian truce to begin Friday morning and negotiators from both sides will travel to Cairo to discuss a longer-term solution.<br/> <br />The 72-hour break after more than three weeks of fighting was set to begin at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT), according to a joint statement released by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.<br/> <br />Israel launched its offensive in Gaza on July 8 in response to a surge of cross-border rocket attacks.<br/> <br />Gaza officials say at least 1,441 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been kil
