Israel reopened its goods and commercial border crossings. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GAZA/JERUSALEM - Life on both sides of the Gaza Strip border began returning to normal on Sunday afterhalted five days of fighting between Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group, which killed 34 Palestinians and an Israeli.
In response, the Iranian-backed group fired more than 1,000 rockets, sending Israelis fleeing into bomb shelters. Palestinian health officials said 33 people, including women and children as well as Islamic Jihad fighters, were killed in Gaza. In Israel, an Israeli woman and a Palestinian labourer were killed by Gazan rockets.
Israeli forces had “successfully concluded five days of fighting the Islamic Jihad terrorist group,” he said in the televised remarks, without mentioning a ceasefire agreement. The latest bout of fighting came only a week after another round of overnight barrages. PHOTO: REUTERS
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