A fragile truce came into effect yesterday morning in the Gaza Strip, after two days of clashes between Israel, Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian factions that killed 34 Palestinians and wounded more than 100 others.

In detail, the Israeli army announced yesterday the martyrdom of Islamic Jihad leader Rasmi Abu Milhos during a raid carried out before the start of the ceasefire, while Islamic Jihad denied that Abu Milhos was a leader in it.

An official Egyptian source and a senior Islamic Jihad official told AFP that a ceasefire came into effect in the Gaza Strip early Thursday morning.

The Egyptian source said «a truce agreement was reached, after the movement agreed to an Egyptian proposal in this regard, and after we were informed of the agreement of the Israeli occupation to the truce».

About half an hour after the truce began, a rocket was fired from Gaza into Israel, witnesses said. But a source in the Islamic Jihad movement said, "Sometimes it takes time to control the field," stressing that "everyone is committed to calm, as long as the occupation committed to it."

The Israeli army later said five rockets had been fired into Israel from Gaza after the ceasefire took effect, and two air defenses had been intercepted by air defenses.

Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shehab said his movement had nothing to do with the rockets. "These missiles are being verified, in principle the Jihad has nothing to do with them," Shihab said.

The Egyptian official said that the agreement also provides for the "maintenance of the peaceful return marches" organized by the Palestinians every Friday on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip since March 2018, to demand the lifting of the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, and the right of return of Palestinian refugees to the lands from which they had been displaced since 1948. .

The agreement also includes "Israel's agreement to stop the assassinations," he said.

For its part, the Israeli army announced yesterday, the end of the military operation against the Palestinian jihad movement in the besieged Gaza Strip, dubbed the "Black Belt", and also announced a return to routine life in the towns and cities of Gaza envelope, «after assessing the situation between local authorities and government offices », Including the removal of all restrictions in the rest of the country.

According to media reports, the Home Front in Israel has instructed all areas of the entity to return to normal life, except for the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli army spokesman announced the lifting of all restrictions imposed on citizens in the border areas of Gaza with the Israeli side, after security consultations.

The latest wave of violence erupted last Tuesday, after Israel targeted the leader of Islamic Jihad Baha Abu al-Atta, a raid on his home in Gaza City, led to his death. Palestinian militants responded by firing shells and rockets at Israeli cities, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, particularly targeting Islamic Jihad positions.

A source in the Islamic Jihad movement told «AFP» the agreement.

An Israeli army official said last night that Israel would stop its operations in Gaza if Islamic Jihad stopped firing rockets into Israel.

The Israeli army announced yesterday the martyrdom of Islamic Jihad leader Rasmi Abu Malhous during last night's raid on the Gaza Strip. Israeli military spokesman Avichai Adrai said on his Twitter account that the raid was carried out on Deir al-Balah before the ceasefire took effect.

Another spokesman, Jonathan Conricus, said that Abu Milhos "was one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad and that he, like many others, had the tactic of hiding ammunition and military infrastructure in their homes.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health, affiliated to Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, reported the death of eight members of the same family (Abu Milhos), after targeting their house in a raid at night.

The initial toll was six. But about an hour after the truce took effect, civil defense workers found the bodies of two children under the rubble of the house, bringing the toll to eight, including five children and two women. A Palestinian security source confirmed that "at least one missile hit the house, which led to its destruction and the death of all members of the family," describing it as "a new Israeli massacre."

Neighbors and relatives told the Abu Milhous family that Rasmi Abu Milhous was a military police officer in the Palestinian Authority.

Israeli strikes did not target Hamas positions for the first time.