Early morning rocket strikes a day or two ago.
CEASEFIRE DETAILS. To go into effect at 10 p.m. (1900 GMT) -Palestinian officials
Ceasefire brokered by Egypt
No immediate confirmation from Israeli officials.
GAZA/JERUSALEM, May 13. Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group setteled in Gaza have finally agreed to a truce that will go into effect at 10 p.m. (1900 GMT), Palestinian officials said. This marks an end to the worst episode of cross-border fire since a 10-day war in 2021.
Egypt brokered the ceasefire and called on both sides to adhere to the agreement, Egypt’s Al-Qahera News television channel reported.
“In the light of the agreement of the Palestinian and the Israeli side,
“The two sides will abide by the ceasefire terms and conditions which will include an end to targeting civilians, house demolition, an end to targeting individuals immediately when the ceasefire goes into effect,” it said. Islamic Jihad confirmed a truce had been reached.
“We declare our acceptance of the Egyptian announcement and we will abide by it as long as the occupation (Israel) abides by it,” the group’s spokesman Dawoud Shehab said.
Unconfirmed Reports from Border Areas between Palestine and Israel.
There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, which rarely acknowledges such agreements with Palestinian militant groups it designates as terrorist organisations.
Even as the truce was being finalised, the two sides kept up firing, with air raid sirens sounding as far as Tel Aviv’s suburbs and Israel’s military announcing it had hit six operational command posts of Islamic Jihad.
Israel launched the latest 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 Iranian-backed group fired more than 1,000 rockets, sending Israelis fleeing into bomb shelters.
During the five days of the campaign, Israel killed six senior Islamic Jihad commanders and destroyed a number of military installations.
This picture shows a battery of Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system in the southern city of Ashdod.
A damaged apartment in a building in the central Israeli city of Rehovot on Friday, after it was struck by a rocket launched from Gaza one day prior.
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Sderot, Israel.
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IN PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP AREA.
A building hit during an Israeli strike is seen in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2023.
