Hamas announces a truce. Israel, "we are waiting for the facts" – Middle East

Hamas and Israel returned today on a collision course at the end of a day when the Israeli Air Force repeatedly hit "terrorist targets" "in Gaza, causing the death of two boys and more than a hundred rockets at Israeli sites, which forced tens of thousands of people to spend the day in the immediate vicinity of the shelters. Later in the evening, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, quoted by Israeli online media, said that an agreement had been reached for a truce, through the mediation of Egypt "and" 39, other international entities ". The two Palestinian organizations announced that they would refrain from further launches if the Jewish state halted its raids on the Gaza Strip. An announcement that Israel accepts with reserve: "The facts on the ground will decide if we will continue our reaction," said a military spokesman quoted by the Times of Israel

. The armed wing of Hamas conditioned the cease rocket launch. to an Israeli commitment to stop the air raids on Gaza in the future. For his part, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu warned that Israel was determined to expand military operations "if Hamas does not stop the terrorist attacks". "If you have not learned your lesson today, you will learn tomorrow," he added. Throughout the day, as violence raged, messages would be exchanged between Jerusalem and Gaza thanks to the good offices of UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov and Egyptian diplomacy. But behind the blaze of violence, it is said in Israel, there is indeed Iran which according to this thesis would push the military wing of Hamas to adopt an unyielding line. This is to maintain Israel's commitment in the south of the country, while during these weeks Iran continues to support Bashar Assad's military effort in the south of the country. Syria near Golan. Those who remain at the moment cut off from the developments on the ground are the chairman of AP Abu Mazen who was in Moscow today for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin and who will attend the final of the Cup tomorrow. of the football world.