Following four days of bloodshed and massacres on Gaza which left 25 Palestinian martyrs, Egypt brokered a truce between the Israeli enemy and the resistance fighters in Gaza to cease hostilities
Following four days of bloodshed and massacres on Gaza which left 25 Palestinian martyrs, Egypt brokered a truce between the Israeli enemy and the resistance fighters in Gaza to cease hostilities.
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Under the agreement, which came into force at 1:00am (2300 GMT on Monday), both the Israeli enemy and resistance fighters from Islamic Jihad, as being the most contributor in confronting the occupation with firing rockets at the southern occupied territories.
An Egyptian intelligence official told AFP from Cairo that both sides had "agreed to end the current operations", with Israel giving an unusual undertaking to "stop assassinations", and an overall agreement "to begin a comprehensive and mutual calm."
The agreement was set to take effect at 1 a.m. local time (2300 GMT).
Israeli officials reiterated the longstanding policy that the Israeli occupation forces would "answer quiet with quiet" but stopped short of providing any guarantees to withhold fire, Israel Radio reported.
"Apparently things are calming down and this round of confrontations appears to be behind us," Israeli Home Front
Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Israeli public radio.
An Islamic Jihad spokesman said the resistance group was willing to respect the deal if the Zionist entity would end its targeted killings of Palestinians. "We accept a ceasefire if Israel agrees to apply it by ending its aggressions and assassinations," Daud Shihab told AFP.
Palestinian resistance retaliated to dozens of Israeli military air strikes during the flare-up, pounding the Israeli enemy with nearly 200 rockets including several that landed in Beersheba and Ashdod despite expensive Iron Dome rocket-defense batteries deployed nearby. Frightened Israelis also ran to shelters fearing the resistance rockets.
Palestinian medics put the total death toll late on Monday at 25 including children, and more than 80 people were injured.
