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Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell
GAZA/JERUSALEM — Islamic jihadist extremist groups in Israel and Palestine declared a ceasefire late Sunday, raising most hopes for an end. Severe flare-up for more than a year on heightened Gaza frontier.
Israeli forces continued to attack Palestinian targets throughout the weekend, triggering rocket attacks on Palestinian cities, but the attacks were greatly reduced by the time the ceasefire came into effect at 23:30 (20:30 GMT). decreased to
This was announced in separate Israeli statements during Islamic Jihad and later. Both sides thanked Egypt for brokering a ceasefire.
The three-day clash reflected a prelude to the previous Gaza War, but the ruling Islamist group in the Gaza Strip and Iran-backed Islamic It was relatively contained as a force. Jihad has been out there so far.
A Gaza official said he had killed 44 Palestinians so far. Nearly half of them are civilians, including children. Rockets have threatened much of southern Israel, sending residents of cities such as Tel Aviv and Ashkelon to shelters.
Israel launched a so-called preemptive strike on Friday in what is believed to be an Islamic jihadist strike intended to avenge the arrest of group leader Bassam al-Saadi in the occupied West Bank. started.
In response, Islamic Jihad fired hundreds of rockets into Israel. At a press conference in Tehran, the group's leader, Ziyad Al-Nahra, said Cairo would "work to secure the release" of al-Saadi. Israeli and Egyptian officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Islamic Jihad extended range and opened fire on Jerusalem on Sunday. It described this as retaliation for the overnight killing of a commander in southern Gaza by Israel. in battle.
Israel said an Iron Dome interceptor shot down a rocket just west of the city. The military said others were inadequate and caused several deaths in Gaza, but Hamas said all Palestinian deaths were due to Israeli attacks.
In a statement, US President Joe Biden welcomed the truce and said civilian casualties were either due to Israeli attacks or to Islamic Jihad rockets reportedly falling inside Gaza. I asked for an investigation regardless of whether
Since 2008, he has been fainting after the outbreak of war in 2009, 2012, 2014, and last year, with new surges of bloodshed Palestinians wading through the ruins of their homes to retrieve their belongings. did.
"Who wants war? No one. But we don't like being silent when women, children and leaders are killed," said Gaza, who identified himself as Abu Mohammad. taxi driver said. "An eye for an eye."
(Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta Ramallah; Dan Williams of Jerusalem and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan of Cairo; writing by Dan Williams; editing by Mark Heinrich, John Stonestreet, and Diane Craft)
