Egypt, the traditional mediator between the warring parties, has secured the parties' agreement to a truce. Several rockets were fired again around 21:15 p.m.
from Gaza, according to AFP journalists. The deadly escalation began Tuesday with air raids that allowed Israel to eliminate three military commanders of Islamic Jihad. The Israeli army says it has hit 371 "terror targets" since Tuesday and that more than 1230 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel, of which more than 370 were intercepted by the air defense system.