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According to the jihadist group, the pact of peace was due to the interference of Egypt. The Israeli day offensive was the highest in four years, with two dead and several injured. Netanyahu did not comment on the ceasefire, Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip agreed on Saturday a ceasefire. Since the previous day, the Israeli armed forces have carried out more than 40 air strikes against several Palestinian enclave locations and have launched more than 100 missiles in retaliation for acts of violence on the Israeli-Palestinian border
According to official sources in the country, it was his "biggest offensive in the light of day" since 2014. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of "" against Hamas since then. In response, Hamas militants fired more than a dozen missiles on Israel.
Hamas confirmed the ceasefire in a statement. Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesman for the jihadist movement, told Reuters: "The efforts of many parties have been supported since the beginning of the Israeli escalation and bombing of Gaza, which have been crowned by the success of the war. Egyptian effort to end the escalation. "
An Israeli defense official said that" only facts on the ground will dictate our future response. " According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Amir al-Namarah, 15, and Louai Kuhail, 16, both residents of Gaza, reportedly refused to comment on the latest developments.
died in Israeli bombing of Hamas military infrastructure. At least 14 other people were injured in the western region of the Palestinian enclave, controlled by the Islamic fundamentalist organization.
The exchange threatened to trigger an escalation of violence after weeks of tension along the border. Planes attacked a Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza, as well as other military complexes, including those involved in a recent wave of firefighting attacks.
In recent weeks, Israel had warned Hamas that it would not tolerate Gaza militants crossing the border, nor the inflammatory campaign aimed at devastating Israel's border communities.
Protests and escalation
On Friday, thousands of Palestinians demonstrated near the Gaza border. A 15-year-old Palestinian tried to climb to the fence and was shot. According to military sources in Tel Aviv, an Israeli officer was slightly wounded by a grenade.
More than 130 Palestinians, most of them unarmed, have been killed by Israeli soldiers since demonstrations began on March 30. Israel claims to defend its sovereign border and accuses Hamas of using the protests as cover to try to break through the fence and attack civilians and military.
In a statement, the military claimed that Hamas' activities "violate Israeli sovereignty, endanger Israeli civilians and sabotage Israel's humanitarian efforts to help civilians in Gaza." [19659006] AV / RT, AFP, AP, EFE, LUSA
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