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.