Palestinians celebrated the victory over the Israeli enemy following the Egyptian-brokered truce that was announced after midnight

Palestinians celebrated on Tuesday the victory over the Israeli enemy following the Egyptian-brokered truce that was announced after midnight.

Addressing jubilating people across the Gaza city, Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ramadan Shallah said by phone from Syria that the resistance group has sent an important message to Israel - "that despite the siege, the Palestinians are able to defend themselves, instill fear among millions of Israelis, disrupt their lives and send them hiding in shelters."

Shallah said that Israel was mistaken by assuming that the Gaza Strip was "easy prey."

The resistance group, Shallah pointed out, has "created a balance of terror with the enemy."

"One round has ended, but the war has not ended and won't end until the liberation of Palestine and the dismantlement of the Zionist project," Shallah declared. "Our men have turned the Gaza Strip from a jungle for rifles into a jungle for rockets."

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that 200 rockets have been fired from Gaza towards the occupied Palestinian territories in which Israelis hided out in shelters frightened.

Another Islamic Jihad leader Mohammed al-Hindi told the crowd that the movement has succeeded in forcing the Israeli enemy "to take one step backward." Israel was eventually forced to “succumb to the demands of Islamic Jihad and pledge to stop assassinations.”