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A ceasefire agreement that reduces the specter of a new war was found early Saturday between Israel and Hamas after a day on Friday when the Israeli army massively bombed the Gaza Strip. This escalation of violence claimed the lives of four Palestinians and one Israeli soldier.
A return to "the state of calm." "Thanks to the efforts of Egypt and the United Nations, we managed [à un accord] to return to the state of calm that preceded the occupation [israélienne] and the Palestinian factions," the spokesman said. Hamas, Fawzi Barhoum, in a statement
An Israeli soldier killed … On Friday, an Israeli soldier was shot dead by Palestinian gunfire along the border. the first killed near Gaza since the war that pitted Israel against the Islamist Hamas movement that controls the Palestinian territory in 2014, a military spokesman said.
… intense bombing. In retaliation for the death of his soldier "during an incident" near the Palestinian enclave, the Israeli army said it had conducted a series of air raids "against military targets". Impressive fireballs and plumes of smoke rose in the sky of Gaza after the strikes
In the evening, three rockets were fired from Gaza to Israel, according to the army. "If Hamas continues its rocket fire, Israel will react much harder than they [les dirigeants du Hamas] think," warned Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Israel is particularly angry about the killers and incendiary balloons launched by some protesters, who, according to him, set fire to more than 2,600 hectares in Israeli territory.
A context of high tension. Avigdor Lieberman has increased in recent days threats of a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli television broadcast this week footage of army maneuvers training for a land incursion into the Gaza Strip.
Last weekend, Israel and Hamas had their biggest confrontation since the war in 2014. Israel had conducted dozens of air raids in response to incendiary projectiles, killing two Palestinian teenagers. About 200 rockets and shells were then fired from the enclave to Israel.
A hardened Israeli blockade. Israel has further reinforced this week the blockade on the Gaza Strip. Oil and gas deliveries are interrupted until Sunday via Kerem Shalom, the only crossing point for goods between Israel and this Palestinian territory. Last week, Israel had already announced the closure of this crossing point for a number of goods, with Hamas denouncing a "crime against humanity". Israel has also reduced the sea area open to fishermen in Gaza.
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