Islamic Jihad holds firm on Gaza cease-fire conditions

Islamic Jihad has vowed to avenge Israel’s assassination of its commander and the attempted killing of another leader in Syria.
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Israeli soldiers stand atop an armored personnel carrier in a staging area near the border with Gaza, in southern Israel, Nov. 13, 2019. - REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A truce was announced early Nov. 14 after Islamic Jihad's escalation against Israel without participation by Hamas. The group had vowed a strong response to Israel’s assassination of commander Bahaa Abu el-Atta of Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad in Gaza. 

A Nov. 12 Israeli airstrike that ripped through their home in the besieged Gaza Strip killed Abu el-Atta and his wife.

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