Ceasefire declared between Palestine and Israel after 5-days of fighting | World news
The deal between Israel and the Islamic Jihad terrorist group officially came into effect on Saturday night, with an Egyptian ceasefire agreement meant to end the worst episode of border fire since the 10-day war in 2021.
As the fighting continues, the streets of Gaza are deserted and filled with Palestinians. Some people are playing and blowing car horns while others go to the houses of people killed in the conflict to show their hands.
“According to the agreement of the Palestinian and Israeli parties, Egypt announces that the agreement between the Palestinian and Israeli parties has been reached,” a text of the agreement was seen by Reuters.
“Both sides will adhere to the ceasefire which will include an end to the targeting of civilians, the destruction of homes, an end to the targeting of individuals immediately when the release begins,” he said.
Israel’s national security adviser thanked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for Cairo’s efforts, a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
“Silence will be met with silence and if Israel is attacked or threatened, it will continue to do what it must do to defend itself,” the statement said.
Islamic Jihad reaffirmed the agreement. The group’s spokesman, Dawoud Shehab, said: “We announce our acceptance of Egypt’s declaration and we will stand by it as long as the occupation (Israel) stands by it.”
Even as the ceasefire ends, both sides continue to fire, with air raid sirens sounding as far away as the Tel Aviv suburbs and the Israeli military announcing that it has struck Islamic Jihad targets in response to the fire. rocket.
Although they were happy about the news of the conflict, some residents of Gaza, whose president gave repeated threats, are afraid that another conflict will break out soon. “We want the shock to be based on the principles, not like before when after calm (meaning) people died,” said Munir Marouf, a 43-year-old resident.
Israel launched a new round of airstrikes in the early hours of Tuesday, announcing that it was targeting Islamic Jihad commanders who had planned attacks in Israel.
In response, the Iran-backed group fired more than 1,000 rockets, sending Israelis fleeing to bomb shelters.
In the five days of the campaign, Israel killed six Islamic Jihad leaders and destroyed a number of military installations.
At least 10 civilians, including women and children, were also killed in Gaza during the fighting, and two people – an Israeli woman and a Palestinian worker – were killed by Palestinian rocket fire in Israel.
Islamic Jihad spurns coexistence with Israel and preaches its destruction. The top ministers of Israel’s secular government govern any Palestinian state in the territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.
