Armed attacks continued between the Israeli and Palestinian armed groups in the Middle East, but as a result of mediation by Egypt, both sides agreed to a ceasefire on the night of the 7th, and the focus is on whether the agreement will be reliably followed. .
The Israeli army and the armed group "Islamic Jihad" based in the Gaza Strip of Palestine continued to exchange armed attacks using airstrikes and rockets from the 5th of this month, and the Israeli side also bombed the Gaza Strip on the 7th. Islamic Jihad also attacked southern Israel.
The series of attacks left 44 Palestinians dead, including children, and 360 injured.
Under these circumstances, as a result of mediation by the Egyptian government, it was revealed that the Israeli government and Islamic Jihad agreed to cease fire from 11:30 pm on the 7th and 5:30 am on the 8th Japan time.
Immediately after the ceasefire came into effect, the Israeli army announced airstrikes and the Islamic Jihad launched rockets, but neither side appears to have carried out any attacks since then.
According to Israeli media, in the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli side agreed to negotiate the release of detained Islamic Jihad members, but the Islamic Jihad warned that it would strike again if they were not released. , the focus is on whether the ceasefire agreement will be upheld.