Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that the Israeli security cabinet approved on Thursday night the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Xinhua reported.
Both Israel and Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, have accepted an Egyptian-brokered deal to cease fighting at 2 a.m. (Friday local time) to end the 11-day bloodshed.
“The political echelon emphasizes that the reality on the ground will determine the continuation of the military campaign,” the statement noted.
The decision came after a 2.5-hour discussion and was “unanimously” approve by the ministers, according to the office’s statement.
“We have obtained guarantees from the mediators that the aggression on Gaza will stop”. Hamas leader in Lebanon Osama Hamdan told the news website Al Resala.
The Egyptian mediator informed Hamas that Israel had agreed to a mutual ceasefire. “And therefore we also agreed to the ceasefire,” a Hamas source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was to informed of the timing of the truce by Egypt, Israel
Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was to informed of the timing of the truce by Egypt. Hamas spokesman in Gaza Hazem Qassem said.
Taher al-Nouno, the media advisor of Haniyeh in Gaza, said the Palestinian armed resistance will be committed to the agreement as long as the Israeli side is.
Israel has been launching massive raids on the Palestinian enclave with airstrikes, artillery shellings and drone attacks since May 10. In response to the rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza. To retaliate for Israel’s violation of sacred Islamic holy site of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
This is the heaviest fighting between Israel and Gaza militants since 2014. Which has so far killed 232 Palestinians. including 65 children and 39 women, and 12 Israelis.
“Cairo will send two security delegations to Tel Aviv and the Palestinian territories to follow up the implementation procedures,” the report said.