fragile cease fire Clashes between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to take place on Sunday, following a five-day clash that left 33 Palestinians and two people from Israel.

Israeli jets killed three senior commanders from Gaza on Tuesday, sparking the latest round of Gaza fighting. militant islamic jihadist organization In response to an earlier rocket fired from Gaza. The killings sparked a barrage of fire from militants that threatened to drag the region into another all-out war until an Egypt-brokered ceasefire came into force later on Saturday.

While the calm appears to be comforting to Gaza’s two million people and hundreds of thousands of Israelis, they are largely confined to dugout In recent days, the agreement has not resolved root problem This has fueled rounds of fighting between Israeli and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip over the years.

exist GazaResidents surveyed the latest damage to their surroundings, leaving large holes in apartments that Israel says were the hideouts of six senior members of the Islamic Jihad group killed in the round. Gaza’s main cargo crossing with Israel reopened on Sunday following warnings that its continued closure would force the closure of Gaza’s only power plant, deepening the electricity crisis.

Israel is gradually lifting restrictions on residents of southern Israel, which has been Bear the brunt of the rocket fire.

Israeli officials have expressed satisfaction with the latest fighting, which is said to have killed at least six senior Islamic Jihad officials Precise strikes based on reliable intelligence. but at least 13 of those killed in Gaza were civiliansincluding children as young as 4 years and women.

prime minister benjamin netanyahu Said targeted attacks on militant safehouses would have reverberations in the region.

“Israel’s enemies in and beyond Gaza know that even if they try to hide, we are capable and ready to reach them at any time,” he told a cabinet meeting.

israel has faced past criticism from rights groups Civilian casualties from the bombing of Gaza. Israel said it would do its utmost to avoid harming civilians in the attack, saying militants operated in densely populated areas of the territory, firing rockets at Israeli communities indiscriminately.

Even when some strikes were precise, others destroyed the homes of unrelated Palestinians.

“If they want to target a house, let them target it individually. Why destroy the whole neighborhood? Why?” said Mai Sarson, whose house in Deir el-Balah was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.

Throughout the fighting, repeated Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic Jihad, its command centers and rocket sites showed no sign of stopping the rocket launches, prompting the Islamic Jihad to declare victory and send cheering Palestinians into the streets on Saturday night .

The Israeli military reported firing more than 1,400 rockets throughout the fighting, some of which hit the furthest Tel Aviv and Jerusalem area. Israeli jets hit more than 400 targets, according to preliminary military statistics, which also show that about a fifth of the rockets missed and landed in the Gaza Strip, while most of the rest were either intercepted or landed in open areas .

An 80-year-old woman working in Israel and a Palestinian laborer were killed by rockets. A Palestinian rights group says three people, including two children, have been killed in Gaza by a misfired rocket.

It is the latest in a series of fighting between Israeli and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. Islamic militant organization Hamas It seized control of the seaside territory in 2007. Israel and Hamas have fought four wars and numerous smaller conflicts.

The more powerful Hamas has praised Islamic Jihad for its attacks but has remained on the sidelines in the latest bout of fighting, limiting the scope of the conflict.as de facto government Responsibility for harsh environments blockade the Gaza Strip, Hamas has recently tried to cover up its conflict with Israel. Islamic Jihad, on the other hand, is a more ideological and unruly militant group obsessed with violence, leading the past few rounds of fighting Israel.

Saturday’s agreement did not address many of the causes of the repeated fighting, including Israel’s ongoing blockade of Gaza, the large arsenal held by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

The Gaza violence comes after more than a year of fighting in the occupied West Bank, The Israeli military is making arrests almost every night and Palestinians have carried out numerous attacks.Tensions could soar again this week when nationalist Israelis hold their annual parade Sensitive areas in the Old City of Jerusalemthe Palestinians considered it a provocation.

Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza in the 1967 Middle East war. Palestinians claim all three areas to belong to the future state. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, but Hamas then seized the territory and expelled forces loyal to the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority.

Israel and Egypt have been imposing a blockade on Gaza, which Israel says is a policy aimed at keeping Hamas from arming. Palestinians and international human rights groups say the policy of restricting the movement of people and goods into and out of Gaza amounts to collective punishment.