Calm returned to Gaza and Israel lifted restrictions on its civilian population as a result of the ceasefire agreement

Gaza and its surroundings woke up serenely Monday and the Israeli army announced the lifting of restrictions on its civilian population, after the announcement at the dawn of a ceasefire agreement with the Egyptian mediation ending two days of violence in which 27 people died.

"From seven in the morning (4:00 GMT), all the protection restrictions on the inside front will be lifted", the army reported in a brief statement sent after the local press announced that the parties had entered into a truce with the help of L & # 39; Egypt, Qatar and the A.

The last anti-aircraft alarms were triggered in the cities adjacent to the band at around 2:30 am local time. (23:30 GMT Sunday), said the army, he added that in the early morning he had attacked 30 military targets of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, including rocket launchers, a center of military operationsr, arms stores and training centers.

Former Israeli Chief of Staff and now a Member of Parliament Benny Gantz criticized the ceasefire -Not formally confirmed- he stressed that this badumes "New surrender to the blackmail of Hamas and terrorist organizations" and showed his hope that "If the violence is renewed, the answer will be severe", informed the newspaper Haaretz.

According to Palestinian media, Hamas has demanded that for this new truce, the terms of the agreement reached after the latest wave of violence be implemented by the end of March., including the improvement of the conditions of the Gaza Strip, the extension of the fishing zone on the shores of the enclave and the authorization by Israel of the monthly inscription of money sent by Qatar and various goods and humanitarian aid.

Since Saturday morning, Palestinian militias in Gaza have launched 690 rockets against Israel (240 of them intercepted by the Iron Dome missile system), to which he responded by more than 350 attacks on military positions, becoming the biggest escalation of violence since the war of 2014.

In the last two days, Four Israeli civilians and 23 Palestinians died in violence, of whom at least 12 were militiamen.

(With information from EFE)