Gaza, Israel: They call this a truce
While Egypt continues to mediate a truce between the Gaza Strip and Israel, both sides continue their attacks, considering each assault "retaliation" for the other side's volley.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Egypt mediated a truce between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Oct. 27. The next night, Israeli airstrikes killed three teens in the Gaza town of Qarara.
Palestinians in Gaza took to the streets demanding that Palestinian military factions avenge the deaths of the boys, identified as Khaled Saeed, 14; Muhammad al-Satari, 13; and Abdul Hamid Abu Dhaher, 13.
The Israeli army said it believed the teens were placing explosives next to the Israeli army’s post.
But the boys were neighbors who lived just a mile away from the post, near the rural border of Deir al-Balah. Saeed’s mother told Al-Monitor that her son “only cared about raising sheep and birds, and he was placing the net at night to trap birds in the morning and sell them later on."
