Israel bombards Gaza even after Gaza's resistance forces declare a ceasefire

IMEMC – Despite the fact that the Palestinian factions, including the Hamas movement, in Gaza declared a ceasefire with Israel starting Thursday midnight, the Israeli army bombarded several areas, and carried out a number of aerial attacks in Gaza.

The decision was made following talks between different Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, and talks held by the Hamas-led government in Gaza with a number of Arab and international parties.

The ministry of interior in Gaza said that the decision was made to curb any future Israeli assaults against Gaza.

The Israeli strikes were resumed on Thursday afternoon after a Palestinian shell hit a bus in southern Israel seriously wounding one student.

The Al Qassam Brigades of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that it came in retaliation to the assassination of three Qassam leaders identified as Ismail Lubbad, Abdullah Lubbad, and Mohammad Al Dahya.

The three were killed in an Israeli Air Strike in Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

On Thursday, the army killed three Palestinians in Gaza and wounded more than 40 others, including children.

Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson of President Mahmoud Abbas, said that the escalation against Gaza is unjustified and that Abbas contacted several world leaders urging them to intervene. Read more