The latest conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, which has claimed at least 31 Palestinian lives since Friday, is currently being discussed in talks.
According to reports, Egypt served as the mediator in negotiations between Israel and Islamic Jihad fighters, but in reality, negotiations are still ongoing.
For the first time since May of last year, rockets fired from Gaza earlier today reached Jerusalem.
According to Israel, militants posed a "immediate threat" therefore the country started attacks.
Since an 11-day confrontation in May 2021 that resulted in more than 200 Palestinian deaths and a dozen Israeli fatalities, the most recent bloodshed between Israel and Gaza is the most violent outburst.
The Islamist organization Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip and frequently collaborates with PIJ, has abstained from joining attacks against Israel, therefore the bloodshed has so far been relatively restrained. Israel claims that the PIJ recently launched hundreds of rockets, the majority of which were shot down. Israel has not yet received any reports of injuries.
Israeli airstrikes against Hamas have not been reported, which would indicate a rise in the level of hostility.
The causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Children lost in the battle of 2021
The funerals of those murdered in attacks on Rafah, in the south of the territory, drew sizable crowds on Sunday. Among those dead was senior PIJ commander Khaled Mansour, the second-highest ranking militant to perish. The West Bank city of Nablus has also seen protests in favor of Gaza.
Concerns about Gaza's humanitarian crisis have prompted reports of a probable cease-fire agreement. Health officials have stated that hospitals barely have enough fuel to run generators for two more days.
Gaza's health ministry attributed the deaths of Palestinians and the 265 others who were injured to "Israeli aggression."
Israel said on Saturday that PIJ militants fired a stray rocket that killed numerous children in Jabalia, in the Gaza Strip, and claimed that at least part of the deaths were due to accident. The BBC was unable to independently confirm this assertion.
The most recent violence happened shortly after Israel detained Bassem Saadi on Monday night. Saadi is thought to be the leader of PIJ in the West Bank.
As part of ongoing arrest operations following a spate of attacks by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians that left 17 Israelis and two Ukrainians dead, he was being held in the Jenin area. Two of the attackers were from the neighborhood of Jenin.
One of the most powerful militant organizations operating in Gaza, PIJ, is supported by Iran and has its headquarters in Damascus, the Syrian capital.
It has been behind numerous assaults on Israel, including shootings and rocket fire.
Following the execution by Israel of a PIJ commander who Israel claimed was preparing an impending attack, Israel and PIJ engaged in a five-day confrontation in November 2019. 34 Palestinians lost their lives in the fighting, along with 111 others, and 63 Israelis required medical attention.
Israel said that 25 of the dead Palestinians were militants, including those hit as they were getting ready to fire rockets.
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