The Joint Chamber of the Resistance factions announced Monday evening that Egyptian mediation succeeded in reaching a ceasefire with the occupation in the Gaza Strip following new attacks launched by the occupation on the Gaza Strip.
The spokesman of the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement "the success of Egyptian efforts to cease the fire between the occupation and resistance factions."
"We confirm our response to the Egyptian mediation of the ceasefire and declare our commitment to calm what the occupation committed to and we will remain the shield of our people," she said.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Anatolia news agency: "We have dealt positively with Egyptian mediation efforts to calm down." "We will abide by the truce that Israel has committed to, and we are ready to defend our people," he said.
The head of the government information office in Gaza, Salameh Maarouf, also issued a statement saying that government institutions, including educational ones, will work as usual on Tuesday.
On the other hand, no Israeli source confirmed that a peace agreement had been reached. In several previous cases, Israel had refrained from confirming such agreements.
The declaration of a cease-fire came at the end of the day witnessed a serious Israeli escalation, began firing a rocket from the Gaza Strip on the north of Tel Aviv, where he fell on a house causing injuries to Israelis, while the Israeli aircraft launched violent attacks on sites in the Gaza Strip, wounding wounded.