Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza agreed to a ceasefire early Wednesday (May 3rd), two Palestinian officials said. The truce comes after renewed tensions following the death of a Palestinian protest figure on hunger strike in an Israeli prison.
The last warning sirens sounded in Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip at around 05:30 a.m. (02:30 GMT), the army said. According to witnesses in Gaza, several rockets were fired at Israeli soil at that time, witnesses said. Since Tuesday morning, some 100 rockets have been fired by armed groups from Gaza into Israel, according to Islamic Jihad.