A quiet night passed over the residents of the south in particular and the citizens of Israel in general, after the ceasefire in the fighting against the Islamic Jihad in Gaza came into effect last night (Sunday) at 11:30 p.m.
The IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Ran Kochav, held an assessment of the situation this morning and summarized the "Dawn" operation that lasted four days.
Brigadier General Kochav said at the beginning of his remarks: "We are after a quiet night.
At 11:30 p.m. the ceasefire came into effect, which has been maintained so far.
There was a stopping distance of a few minutes in short-range rockets.
We are assessing the situation regarding a gradual return to normalcy.
A responsible policy is required in isolating the space and the dimensions. The operation met most of its goals, today we will conduct a preliminary investigation."
Regarding the agreements, he said: "The Palestinian crossings are returning to the situation before the "Dawn" operation began.
As you may remember, yesterday it was reported that Egypt would work for the release of the Islamic Jihad prisoners held in the Israeli prison, but now the IDF spokesman does not confirm the words: "We will not address the issues of the Palestinian prisoners.
I heard this at a Nachala press conference in Tehran.
I don't know and I don't think there were any such agreements."
Regarding the cease-fire, he said: "A cease-fire is a business of the political echelon, and was carried out with Egyptian mediation. There is an interest in strengthening this point. Before the cease-fire, we went on a final flight - aircraft, ground fire. It was planned in advance, against targeted targets of the Islamic Jihad. 4 - 3 concentrated minutes from the ground and from the air, which included manned and unmanned planes and helicopters. We are on standby with no change in the air defense system, the home front command and the ground defense. We don't want an incident to happen without being ready for it."
On the behavior of the civilians during the operation, he said: "The conduct of the home front throughout the 66 hours of the operation, and the success of the defense systems, resulted in the very good achievement of zero casualties in the home front. We want to praise the behavior of the civilians."
Regarding Judea and Samaria: "The area was part of the operation, and tonight we destroyed the homes of the terrorists who carried out the Garzine attack in Elad and murdered three Israelis."
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