The Israel-Palestine conflict

   

Rockets fired at the Gaza Strip. Adel Hana / AP

 

New attacks on Israel after reports of ceasefire 

 

State Egyptian media reported that Israel and Palestine agreed to an immediate ceasefire, but shortly after the news was published, new rockets were fired at Israel, AP writes.  

 

A Hamas source told Haaretz that the group is ready for a ceasefire and is trying to persuade Islamic Jihad to agree to lay down its weapons. Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says the country is considering a ceasefire.  

 

Israel's military has recently carried out several attacks on the Gaza Strip in which at least 21 people have died. The BBC reports that Islamic Jihad has fired around 270 rockets at Israel. 

 

  

 

Israel carries out new attacks on the Gaza Strip - one death  

 

One person has died after Israel's military carried out new attacks on the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, according to AFP. Israel confirms that it carried out a rocket attack against Islamic Jihad. According to the Israeli military, they also fired at people "who were on their way to a rocket launch site in the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza". The latest clashes come after Israel yesterday carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in which 15 people died.

Statliga egyptiska medier rapporterade att Israel och Palestina var överens om en omedelbar vapenvila men kort efter att nyheten publicerats avfyrades nya raketer mot Israel, skriver AP.

En källa inom Hamas säger till Haaretz att gruppen är redo för ett eldupphör och att de försöker övertala Islamiska jihad att gå med på att lägga ner sina vapen. Israels utrikesminister Eli Cohen säger att landet överväger ett eldupphör.

Israels militär har i dagarna utfört flera attacker mot Gazaremsan som minst 21 människor har dött i. BBC rapporterar att Islamiska jihad har avfyrat omkring 270 raketer mot Israel.