Hamas militants announced a ceasefire

The radical Islamic movement Hamas announced the ceasefire in the gas sector, BBC reports on Friday. According to the Maan agency, other Palestinian armed groups followed the example of this movement. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Gaza Sector published a message that states that such a decision is aimed at "preventing the Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people."

On April 7, the situation on the border of the Gaza and Israel sector was sharply heated. Hamas militants fired a school bus near the border kibbutz Saad, one teenager was seriously injured. According to the Kursor news agency , several dozen mortar shells were also launched from the Palestinian territories. The reciprocal blows of the Israeli Air Force on the Enclave led to the death of at least four people. After yesterday's events, the leader of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas called on the international community to intervene in the situation.