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GAZA • Hamas said yesterday that it had agreed to a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a day after the clashes that killed an Israeli soldier and four Palestinians along the volatile border. The Israeli army refused to comment on the declared ceasefire
The Israeli government and army rarely recognize ceasefires with Hamas, but a military spokesman said that civilian life should return to normal. An isolated incident, without any casualties, an Israeli tank fired at a Hamas post in Gaza after Palestinian suspects crossed the border and entered Israeli territory before retreating to Gaza, according to the army. Last Friday, Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli soldier and the Israeli army launched dozens of strikes that killed four Palestinians, including three Hamas fighters. At least 120 Gazans were injured.
"With the efforts of Egypt and the United Nations, it was agreed to return to the era of calm between Israel and the Palestinian factions," said Mr. Fawzi Barhoum, spokesman Hamas. Gaza. The soldier was the first Israeli army member to be killed on the Gaza front since the war between Israel and Hamas in 2014, said a spokesman for the Israeli army
. the tanks hit 68 Hamas targets and destroyed buildings and infrastructure and revoked major military and command capabilities.
Egyptian security officials and a diplomat from another state had contacts with Hamas and Israel. Another Palestinian official told Reuters that if this is confirmed, it would be the third ceasefire between Israel and Islamist Hamas that would be negotiated by Egypt this year and the second truce reached in a week after a soaring one day.
Weekly clashes at the Israel-Gaza border kept tension for months.
At least 140 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during border demonstrations. The organizers of the demonstrations say that they demand the right to return to the lands lost by Israel during the 1948 war and that the Israeli-Egyptian blockade was lifted
. orchestrating the protests, dubbed The Great March of Return, to cover cross-border attacks by activists.
Hamas denies this.
Rising violence comes as Palestinian hopes of an independent state diminish and peace talks
Gaza, home to two million people, most of whom depend on aid foreign, has been under Israeli economic sanctions for 12 years
REUTERS
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