Zionist Union leader Yoel Hasson called the cease fire, which Islamic Jihad claims had been reached thanks to Egyptian efforts and the IDf hasn't confirmed or denied yet, "a false cease fire."

“We did hopscotch and gossiping. We were just normal 11-year-old girls playing together,” Schloss said of Frank, who posthumously became her stepsister.

Saudi Arabia is the lynchpin of a US-backed regional bloc against the growing Iranian influence in the Middle East but the Khashoggi crisis has strained Riyadh's relations with the West.

“We have delivered clear messages of this fact to the relevant parties,” he said, adding that, in the IDF’s response, “no one is immune, not in the Gaza Strip nor outside of it."

Palestinians argue that any “normalization” between Israel and the Arab countries should come only after the Palestinian issue is solved.

In retaliation for Hamas rockets attack on southern Israel, the IDF struck 80 targets, including five Hamas military sites.

The death of prominent teen Avi Nesher makes lack of regulation hard to ignore.

Islamic Jihad announced it accepted an immediate cease fire brokered by Egypt effective immediately, Channel 10 reported.