An Egypt-brokered 'vulnerable' truce between Israel and Gaza's Islamic jihadists appeared to be in place early Monday morning, killing at least 44 people, including 15. The recent violent conflict in which one Palestinian died has ended, raising hopes that a child.
The truce, which officially began at 11:30 pm (2030 GMT) Sunday night, saw the worst fighting in Gaza as his 11-day civil war devastated Palestinian coastal areas last year. It aims to stop.
Despite a flurry of strikes and rocket attacks leading up to the truce, and sirens blaring in southern Israel around the deadline, neither side has reported serious breaches of the deal since his four accords. I didn't. time.
In a statement sent three minutes after the ceasefire began, the Israeli military said, "In response to rockets fired into Israeli territory, [the military] are currently conducting Islamic Jihad in Gaza. attacking a wide range of targets belonging to the
Both sides agreed to a ceasefire, but warned each other that any violence would be met with force.
US President Joe Biden welcomed the ceasefire. thanked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for Egypt's role in brokering the ceasefire. Biden also called for an investigation into what he called "a tragedy" of civilian casualties. .
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Gaza's buildings are reduced to rubble, forcing Israelis to defend themselves against a barrage of rockets.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office late Sunday thanked "Egypt for its efforts" in agreeing to a ceasefire, but said Israel would "strongly respond" if the ceasefire was broken. I reserve my rights," he said.
Islamic Jihad member Muhammad al-Hindi had already confirmed that the militants had accepted the ceasefire, but the group said in a statement that it "reserved the right to respond to any attacks".
In addition to the 44 deaths, 15 of them children, the Gaza Health Ministry said 360 people were killed in a Palestinian enclave run by the Islamist group Hamas. said he was injured.
Israel claims that some children in its territory have been killed by militant stray rockets.
In Israel he had three shrapnel wounds and he had 31 other minor injuries, the ambulance service said.
Islamic Jihad Hindi said the ceasefire "contains Egypt's commitment to work towards the release of two prisoners."
The two are Bassem al-Saadi, a senior political wing of the group recently arrested in the occupied West Bank, and Khalil Awaudeh, an extremist who is also in Israeli custody. was named.
"Horrible"
Gaza resident Nour Abu Sultan said Sunday morning he was "waiting for a ceasefire declaration at Tenterhoek."
"We haven't slept in days because of the heat and the artillery and rockets. The sound of aircraft hovering above is terrifying," said a 29-year-old woman. .
Dahlia Harel, who lives in the Israeli town of Sderot, near the Gaza border, was "disheartened" by news of the ceasefire, even though her five children were "traumatised." said.
"We are tired of yearly military campaigns," she said. "We need our military and political leaders to settle this issue once and for all. We don't want war, but it can't go on." affiliated with, but often acts independently. Hamas has fought her four wars with Israel since seizing control of Gaza in 2007, including the conflict last May.
The Israeli military said that "all senior military leaders of the Islamic Jihad in Gaza have been neutralized."
Muhammad Abu Salmiyah, director of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, said medical workers were treating the wounded in "very bad condition" and said they had been forced to turn on the generators. warned of serious shortages of medicines and fuel.
The military said the militants had fired hundreds of rockets and mortars against more than 100 Islamic jihadist positions, some inadequate within Gaza.
Israel said on Friday it must launch a "preemptive" operation against Islamic Jihad, which it said was planning an imminent attack.
The military killed senior Islamic Jihad leaders in Gaza, including Taisir al-Jabari of Gaza City and Khaled Mansur of Rafah in the south.
