The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group confirmed on Sunday that it had signed a truce with Israel under the auspices of Egyptian mediation, on the third day of deadly hostilities, which left dozens dead in the Gaza Strip.
“A formula was recently reached for Egypt’s announcement of a truce agreement,” which includes Cairo’s commitment to “work for the release of two prisoners,” Mohammed Al-Hindi, head of the JIP’s political wing, announced. in a statement quoted by the agencies
Israel had accepted this Sunday a truce in the Gaza Strip, proposed by Egypt, where 31 Palestinians were killed, including six children, according to a Egyptian security services source to AFPadding that the Cairo awaits Palestinian response. Palestinian Islamic Jihad had acknowledged that attempts were being made “at the highest level” to reach a ceasefire to end the escalation of violence with Israel that triggered the death of 41 palestinians. But even after all the declarations, the attacks continued.
#RIP Israel accepts Egypt-brokered Gaza truce: Egyptian source pic.twitter.com/mrhTYCyxFS
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 7, 2022
The Israeli side accepted the truce”This source, who did not want to be identified, told AFP without giving further details.
Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza rises to 32
Egypt mediated in the dialogue between Israel and Palestine to calm the situation in the Palestinian enclave, where the the shootings continue.
According to AFP, around 6 p.m. in mainland Portugal, which cites the Ministry of Health, there was a new attack what caused the death of four children. The news agency also advances that instead of the 35 dead —adding the 31 previously announced with the 4 from the last attack— there is, after all, the record of 41, so 6 more are added.
#RIP Four children killed in Gaza as death toll rises to 41, says Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/kQMw7EJ9B2
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 7, 2022
The violence in the Gaza Strip has “political justification”: the elections in Israel
Earlier, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip had warned that health services would be interrupted within 48 hours, due to the lack of electricity, as the border crossings with Israel, including the Kerem Shalom, where it enters fuel, have been closed. closed from Tuesday.
If this happens, The humanitarian crisis facing the Palestinian enclave will deepenWhere 31 people died and at least 265 were injured. since the beginning of the current escalation of violence between the Israeli army and Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Friday.
The current peak of tension began on Friday, with a strong Israeli offensive against Jihad targets in Gaza, anticipating a retaliation by Jihad, after the arrest, on Monday, of one of its leaders, during an attack in the occupied West Bank. .
Article updated at 8:20 p.m. with information on a ceasefire agreement.
Source: Observadora
