Gaza: Israel and a Palestinian militant group have agreed to a ceasefire after dozens of people were killed in armed attacks on each other since yesterday.
The Egyptian-mediated ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza was implemented last Sunday at 11:30 p.m.
of a foreign news agency According to the report Gaza authorities say that 44 Palestinians, including children, were killed and 360 injured in the attacks.
Palestinian militants fired rockets at southern Israel on Sunday in response to ongoing Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. However, soon after the implementation of the ceasefire, both sides seem to have stopped their attacks.
Israeli media say that Israel has agreed to negotiate the release of detained members of Islamic Jihad under the ceasefire agreement.
Islamic Jihad has warned that it will resume attacks if the members are not released.
