A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began tonight: 12 Israelis and 232 Palestinians were killed

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began tonight (Friday) at 02:00. This, after 11 days of fighting, about 4,000 rockets fired at Israel, 12 Israelis killed and 232 killed on the Gaza side. Shortly before entering, heavy barrages were fired at all settlements in the Gaza Strip when in one of them, a rocket hit a direct printing house in the Eshkol Regional Council and lightly injured a 59-year-old man who was hit by shrapnel.
The military prepared in advance for the possibility of heavy firing before the ceasefire went into effect, and launched a heavy aircraft into the air as a warning. "In the hours leading up to the ceasefire, we boarded dozens of aircraft into the Gaza Strip at midnight, mainly UAVs and fighter jets, ready to attack dozens of targets," said IDF Spokesman Hedi Zilberman. He went on to clarify that "we sent a message to Hamas that if there is a significant barrage of fire, we will act. In practice, about 40 rockets were fired. Midnight to 02:00." According to him, about 90% of them were aimed at open spaces.
In the late hours of the night, in Gaza, Ramallah, the Nablus Gate and al-Aqsa, masses of Palestinians celebrated the end of the operation and expressed feelings of victory. In the videos that are distributed you can see the victory cries and fireworks.
After the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect at 02:00 at night, IDF Spokesman Hedi Zilberman presented the IDF's achievements this morning during Operation Wall Guard. One of the most notable achievements, he said, was damage to the Hamas' "metro" system, which, according to Zilberman, destroyed about 100 kilometers of tunnels.
Zilberman also claimed that during the operation, the IDF assassinated 25 senior terrorist operatives, and about 200 activists in total, and hit about 570 launch pits and rockets. Dozens of military camps and command rooms, and nine high-rise buildings, "which serve as infrastructure for terrorist activity." He claimed that the IDF had even managed to prevent attacks by activists with paragliders.
On the assassination attempts on senior officials Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Daf and Marwan Issa, he said: "We are doing everything we can to help bad people not end the operation alive."
At the same time, due to the fear of gunfire, an IDF spokesman said that residents of the Gaza Envelope within a distance of up to seven kilometers from the Gaza Strip border are asked to stay in their homes, and close to a protected area from now until a new announcement. It was said that even today there will be no studies from Herzliya and the south.
Following the declaration of a ceasefire, US Secretary of State Tony Blinkan announced today that he will arrive in the Middle East in the coming days, visiting Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Jordan. This will be Blinken's first visit to the region since taking office, and is expected to focus on stabilizing the ceasefire in the south, as well as providing humanitarian assistance to Gaza residents and initial discussions on rehabilitating the Strip after the latest round of fighting. He is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz, Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen and other leaders in the region.
A senior Hamas official, Gaza a-Rishq, said tonight that Israel should end its violations in Jerusalem and address the damage done to Gaza. "It is true that the battle is over, but Netanyahu and the whole world need to know that we have the upper hand and we will continue to increase the capabilities of this resistance," he said.
He added that the movement's demands after Operation Guard of the Walls also include the protection of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the cessation of evacuations of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem, which Rashik defined as a "red line."
Last night, the political-security cabinet unanimously approved the ceasefire with Hamas after three hours of discussion. A senior Hamas official said the fighting would be stopped from 02:00, and a senior Israeli official confirmed the matter. Despite the Cabinet decision, rocket launches continued from Gaza toward southern settlements, with the last barrage fired ten minutes before the ceasefire took effect; The IDF attacked in response in the Gaza Strip.
A senior Israeli official said the principle that the ceasefire would take place was "quiet for quiet" with the agreement in principle to hold discussions on other issues related to Gaza later on. According to an Egyptian television report, President 'Abd al-Fatah al-Sisi will send a security delegation to Gaza and Israel to stabilize the ceasefire.
During the cabinet meeting, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi and Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman told cabinet ministers that "we did our best, we did everything we wanted and planned, another two or three days would not have led to a more significant achievement." Another senior Israeli official who attended the meeting said that "the defense establishment presented an intelligence picture according to which Hamas suffered a very severe military attack on all its arrays, including the most sensitive arrays. They have very few capabilities left. The array they have is missiles, including long-range missiles." They were significantly injured. "
Yesterday, houses in Ashkelon, Sderot and a factory in the Beer Sheva industrial area were damaged. Starting in the morning, alarms were sounded in localities in the Gaza Strip, in the Netivot area and in the western Negev, and later also in the Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gan Yavne, Beer Sheva, Omer, Rahat and Bedouin diasporas. In addition, an empty missile parked in the enrichment lane was hit by anti-tank missiles fired by Hamas shortly after 30 soldiers disembarked. In response, the IDF eliminated the Hamas firing range at Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip, from which it was apparently launched at the missile. .
During Operation Wall Guard, 356 casualties were treated by MDA teams across the country, ten of whom were killed by a direct hit, the top and shrapnel and two who were fatally wounded on the way to a protected area and died from their wounds. , 13 moderate and 98 mild were treated throughout the country. 225 wounded were injured on their way to a protected area, including one in critical condition, five moderate and 219 mild. In addition, 252 victims of anxiety were treated by MDA staff and some even needed evacuation for further treatment.
 According to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, 232 people were killed during Operation Wall Guard, 63 of them children, 36 women, 16 elderly people and about 1,900 wounded.
Defense Minister Bnei Gantz said last night that he wants to strengthen the security forces and the IDF, led by the chief of staff, who have brought unprecedented military achievements over the past 11 days.