According to Al Jazeera television station, the attacks stopped after the Israeli cabinet approved a ceasefire agreement.
Earlier, it was reported that the Palestinian movement Hamas had called on mediators of indirect ceasefire talks in the Gaza Strip and the US leadership to oblige Israel to stop shelling the enclave. The statement noted that more than 70 people were killed or injured as a result of shelling in western Gaza City.
On October 9, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement on the first phase of a peace plan following negotiations in Egypt. He said this step would include the release of all prisoners in the near future and the withdrawal of Israeli forces to agreed lines within the Gaza Strip. President Trump stressed that the first steps had been taken “toward a strong, lasting, and everlasting peace.”
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