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<h1 class="reader-title">Palestinians bury their dead as
ceasefire takes effect in Gaza Strip</h1>
<div class="credits reader-credits">By Moatasim Dalloul in Gaza
City - November 13, 2019<br>
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<p>A tense calm descended on Gaza early on Thursday as a
ceasefire with Israel came into effect after two days
of escalating violence which has left at least 34
Palestinians dead.</p>
<p>The ceasefire, which entered into force at 5.30am
(0330 GMT), came after the death toll from Israeli air
strikes on the Gaza Strip rose to 34 after Palestinian
officials said eight members of the same family had
been killed. </p>
<p>Israel unleashed an air campaign on Gaza after
it assassinated senior Islamic Jihad commander Bahaa
Abu al-Atta and his wife on Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Musab al-Breem, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad, told
Middle East Eye that his movement had set conditions
on accepting the ceasefire, which was mediated by
Egypt and the UN, and that Israel had agreed on the
conditions.</p>
<p>Breem said: “The occupation surrendered to the
conditions of the resistance.”</p>
<p>Khader Habib, a senior leader in the group told MEE
that the deal had been brokered by Egypt and the
United Nations and that Israel had agreed to
immediately halt its attacks on Gaza, including air
strikes and targeted killings, and cease to use live
ammunition against protesters in the Palestinian
enclave.</p>
<p>“The Palestinian resistance achieved a great victory
as it had a pledge from Israel to stop its air
strikes, assassinations and using live ammunition
against Gaza protesters," Habib said. “The Palestinian
resistance caused much harm to the Israeli occupation.
Israel had a lesson that targeting Palestinian leaders
will have destructive consequences.</p>
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<p>The names of Palestinians killed in Israeli air
strikes on Gaza</p>
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<p>“The ceasefire was brokered by Egypt and the UN. They
are the parties who are entitled to deal with any
Israeli violations.”</p>
<p>In return, Islamic Jihad had agreed to stop firing
rockets into Israel.</p>
<h3>Funerals prepared</h3>
<p>The ceasefire, which entered into force at 5.30am
(0330 GMT), came after the death toll from Israeli air
strikes on the Gaza Strip rose to 34 since Tuesday
after Palestinian officials said eight members of the
same family had been killed.</p>
<p>Statistics for the casualties issued by the Gaza
Ministry of Health showed that the total number of
dead included eight children and three women. The
Ministry of Education confirmed the deaths of at least
six elementary and high school students.</p>
<p>The wounded numbered 111, including 46 children and
20 women, the ministry said.</p>
<p>On the ground, there was a tense calm prevailing
across the Gaza Strip, with the sound of Israeli
military drones still buzzing overhead.</p>
<p>As the ceasefire takes effect, people opened their
shops, streets were full of cars and everyday life
began to return to normal.</p>
<p>Schools and all other government institutions
remained closed as they were directed to do so on
Wednesday evening when the Israeli bombardment of Gaza
was underway.</p>
<p>The scene was different in hospitals across the Gaza
Strip, where relatives of those killed during the
two-day Israeli onslaught were preparing them for
burials.</p>
<p>Tens of relatives of those wounded in the strikes
were also standing in queues at the doors of hospital
rooms waiting to visit them.</p>
<h3>'He had never been involved in any resistance
action'</h3>
<p>Said Abu Karam, from al-Toffah neighbourhood in
northern Gaza City, had just returned home after
visiting his brother-in-law at al-Shifa Hospital, the
largest one in Gaza, where most of the most critical
cases were being treated.</p>
<p>“He was wounded in an Israeli air strike targeted at
a deserted house in the neighbourhood,” Abu Karam said
of his brother-in-law.</p>
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<p>How will Gaza respond to Israel's assassination of
Islamic Jihad leaders?</p>
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<p>“He was about 50 metres from the house, but some
shrapnel hit his thigh and caused a deep injury,” Abu
Karam said, adding that he was now in a stable
condition.</p>
<p>The situation was different for Abdallah Ayyad, who
lost three relatives in an Israeli air strike near
their house in al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, southeast of
Gaza City.</p>
<p>“My cousin Raafat was a farmer and he had never been
involved in any resistance action,” Ayyad said. </p>
<p>“My other relatives were young and their only fault
was that they lived in a house located in an
agricultural area,” he said. “They were playing
together near their home.”</p>
<p>During previous escalations and offensives, Israel
has dealt with anyone moving in agricultural and wide
empty areas as targets, because some Palestinian
groups have launched rockets from such places.</p>
<h3>Eight members of same family killed</h3>
<p>The Gaza-based Ministry of Health said on Thursday
morning that eight Palestinians from the same family
had been killed by an Israeli air strike.</p>
<p>Witnesses said the house of the al-Sawarka family,
located east of the city of Deir al-Balah in the
middle of the Gaza Strip, had been hit at about
1.15am.</p>
<p>Six bodies from the family were removed from under
the rubble during the night and two were evacuated
after the sunrise.</p>
<p>According to the ministry of health, the dead were
Rasmi al-Sawarka, 45, Mariam al-Sawarka, 45, Yusra
al-Sawarka, 43, Waseem al-Sawarka, 13, Mohannad
al-Sawarka, 12, and Muaz al-Sawarka, seven.</p>
<p>The ministry said that the two other family members
who were evacuated after the sunrise were children,
identifying them as Salim and Firas. It has not yet
provided their ages.</p>
<h3>'The Middle East does not need more wars'</h3>
<p>Israel unleashed an air campaign on Gaza after it
assassinated senior Islamic Jihad commander Bahaa Abu
al-Atta and his wife on Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>The armed group retaliated by launching salvos of
rockets into Israel and pledging to keep up its
attacks. </p>
<p>Nickolay Mladenov, the UN envoy to the Middle East
peace process, said that the ceasefire was the fruit
of joint Egyptian and UN efforts.</p>
<p>“Egypt and the UN worked hard to prevent the most
dangerous escalation in and around Gaza from leading
to war,” he wrote on Twitter.</p>
<p>“The coming hours and days will be critical. ALL must
show maximum restraint and do their part to prevent
bloodshed. The Middle East does not need more wars.”</p>
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