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A tense calm prevailed on Sunday morning in the Gaza Strip and nearby Israeli cities, one day after the worst confrontation between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas since the war Hamas Saturday announced that it had reached a ceasefire agreement on Saturday night after Israeli bombings against the Palestinian enclave
. an air strike against Hamas targets in Gaza, in retaliation for firing two shells into Israeli territory without any damage or loss.
In total, about 200 rockets and mortar shells were fired during the weekend against Israel from the Gaza Strip, causing four wounded, said a statement by the Israeli army .
The Israeli army reacted Saturday to these shots with dozens of aerial bombardments that cost the lives of two gasat teens, aged 15 and 16 years.
According to statements made by a UN official, the United Nations Special Envoy to the East Next, Nickolay Mladenov, was Saturday in the Gaza Strip where " worked with all concerned to calm the situation ."
Saturday's rise came one day after violent clashes on the Israel-Gaza border, during which a Palestinian youth was killed and hundreds wounded.
– "Training Centers" –
Four Israelis were wounded by a missile in a house in Sderot, an Israeli colonial city in the Gaza Strip, a regular target of Hamas fire, according to reports. Israeli authorities.
The Israeli bombing, which caused the death of the two teenagers on Saturday, was aimed at a building in the west of Gaza City that serves as a "training center" for the movement that governs the Palestinian territory, according to Israeli military sources.
The five-storey building housed the National Library in Gaza .
Israeli bombing on Saturday also caused 25 wounded according to Gaza authorities.
Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman, said that "the protection and defense of our people is a national duty and a strategic commitment."
– "The hardest blow against Hamas" –
Israel accuses Hamas of being the main cause of violent escalation, the most important after the devastating war of 2014 and which occurs after three months of demonstrations and clashes in the Gaza Strip.
"The Israeli army inflicted on Hamas the hardest blow since 2014" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the beginning of the cabinet meeting
Since March 30 the Palestinian enclave is the scene of protests against the Israeli blockade and for the right of return of Palestinians to their lands from where they fled or were expelled with the creation of. Israel, 1948.
In total, Israeli soldiers killed at least 141 Palestinians since the beginning of the mobilization, without any Israeli died during these clashes.
However, 2,600 hectares on Israeli soil were burned by the launching of comets and incendiary balloons from Gaza, according to the Israeli authorities.
Israel and Hamas have clashed in three armed conflicts since 2008 in the Gaza Strip, where a tense ceasefire has been ongoing since 2014.
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