Palestinians announce ceasefire with Israel

After the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East conflict, Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip announced a ceasefire with Israel. The ceasefire has been mediated by Egypt, the group said in a statement issued yesterday by Palestinian groups, including the ruling party in Egypt. the radical Islamic Hamas of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli army have not commented on it, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman denied stopping the air strikes. Egypt's efforts have resulted in a ceasefire, Palestinian groups said in their joint statement. They wanted to stick to the ceasefire as long as Israel would do it.

Several dead after mutual fire

The Israeli Security Cabinet has met today to deliberate on the situation. The meeting would have lasted about six hours. In a subsequent statement issued before the announcement of the ceasefire by the Palestinians, the ministers said they had instructed the army to "continue its operations if necessary".

The tense situation between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has worsened considerably following the deadly deployment of Israeli special forces on Sunday in the Palestinian coastal strip.

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