Israel and Gaza militants agree ceasefire - Palestinian sources

Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militants successful the Gaza Strip person agreed a ceasefire from 19:00 GMT connected Saturday to extremity 5 days of fighting, Palestinian sources person told the BBC.

The sources cited negotiations being brokered by Egypt. Israel and the PIJ are yet to remark connected the issue.

On Tuesday, Israel launched aerial strikes connected Gaza, saying it was targeting PIJ commanders who had planned attacks.

PIJ responded by firing a barrage of rockets astatine Israeli cities.

At slightest 33 Palestinians successful the Gaza person been killed, astir fractional of them civilians, since Tuesday, the Palestinian wellness ministry determination says. Another 147 radical person been wounded.

Six elder leaders of the militant radical person been killed.

One Israeli civilian and 1 Palestinian antheral who was moving successful confederate Israel person been killed by Palestinian rocket occurrence successful the aforesaid period, Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance work says.

No details of the reported ceasefire person been released truthful far.

A Palestinian root told the BBC that the caller statement included a committedness by Israel to halt alleged targeted assassinations.

Israel has been demanding a implicit halt to rocket occurrence by PIJ astatine its civilians.