Gaza, ceasefire arrives on the third day of war – World

On the third, more and more intense, day of war. the ceasefire arrives. Egypt managed to mediate the truce between Islamic Jihad and Israel which, according to Palestinian faction sources, will come into effect at 11.30 pm (10.30 pm in Italy), although there is currently no confirmation from Israel. Prime Minister Yair Lapid has however called for a consultation at the Tel Aviv Ministry of Defense with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the Chief of Staff Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the head of the Mossad David Barnea, the head of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar. This afternoon, various sources, both Egyptian and Israeli, made it clear that something was moving. (7 pm in Italy), even if details and definitions were still missing. And the statements attributed to Lapid also went in this sense. The objectives of Operation ‘Breaking Dawn’ – he said he – “have been achieved”. Then, speaking to the leaders of the Jewish areas around the Strip (most affected by the rockets and mortars of the Jihad), he added that “there is no benefit in continuing the operation”. Finally, the statement from the Jihad which confirmed the agreement. The decisive point – according to the media – is Cairo’s commitment to “the release of the two prisoners Bassem al-Saadi and Khalil Awawdeh”. The first, leader of the faction in the Territories, has been arrested by Israel in the West Bank in recent weeks: an arrest that has triggered the threats of the Jihad against the Jewish state.

Gaza City, an Israeli missile hits the buildings

On the ground – until the announcement of the agreement – the situation was that of a war as in the previous two days between rockets and raids. Even with Hamas still absent and with the Jewish festival of Tisha beAv in Jerusalem which instead took place without complications. The Israeli Internal Command Front itself pointed out – in the face of rumors of a possible truce – that “it is not over until it is over” and invited citizens to stay within easy reach of shelters. “The last rocket can do damage – he warned – like the first”. In Gaza – since this morning without internet – the dead have reached, according to the local health ministry, at least 40 and more than 300 injured. In two separate attacks in the center of Gaza city and in the north east there were 8 deaths and among them according to the Maan agency, four children. But Israel denied having no responsibility for these two attacks which instead attributed – as happened yesterday in the Jabalya refugee camp (5 dead) – to defective Jihad rockets. In the Strip, this morning alone, Israeli attacks hit over 140 Jihad military posts, tunnels and rocket launch sites.