Several shells, after the ceasefire took effect, were launched from the territory of the Gaza Strip towards Israel.
Israel and the Palestinian group “Islamic Jihad” announced a truce. Radio Liberty wrote this on Sunday, August 7.
The truce was signed to end a fierce conflict that has left at least 36 Palestinians dead, including 11 children, and more than 300 injured.
A senior Islamic Jihad official explained that the Cairo-brokered ceasefire agreement “contains an Egyptian commitment to work towards the release of the two prisoners” from Israeli custody. One of them was a senior figure in the political wing of Islamic Jihad, the group said.
As Al Arabiya writes, these are Bassam al-Saadi and Khalil Awawda.
Bassam al-Saadi is known to be a high-ranking figure in Islamic Jihad. After his arrest, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalated in the West Bank. The group then announced that it would not let the arrest of its leader go unanswered.
The Times of Israel at the same time writes that after the announcement of a truce at 23.30, rocket sirens continued to sound in Israeli cities, and, according to preliminary data, the shells were intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system in Sderot and Mitahihim. .
According to Israeli media, one of the rockets fell near the village of Eshkol, without damaging the structure, in a wasteland.
As a result of the shooting, no one was injured.
To recall, on August 5, the Israel Defense Forces launched a military operation “Dawn” in the Gaza Strip against the terrorist organization “Islamic Jihad”.
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Source: korrespondent
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