Some terror attacks from Gaza against Israeli civilians continued despite Islamic Jihad agreeing to an Egyptian brokered truce.
Four additional rocket attacks were launched without successfully harming civilians in addition to the 60 terror attacks yesterday with Israel responding with 29 aircraft strikes.
In other news from Gaza, Hamas is broke.
Gaza's Hamas rulers have been hit by the worst economic crisis since seizing the territory seven years ago and face growing discontent, even among core supporters, because there's no sign of relief from a blockade enforced not only by Israel but also by a suddenly hostile Egypt.
Hamas government employees have complained publicly about getting only partial salaries for the past four months. Bus drivers have staged a strike over soaring fuel prices. Laborers have lost jobs as construction has dried up. Hamas' own surveys show its popularity plummeting.
"I never experienced a situation worse than this one," said Ahmed Zeitouniya, 32, who has been walking to his job in the Culture Ministry because he can no longer afford $1 in bus fares and is in debt to the neighborhood grocery and his oldest son's kindergarten.
It is long past time for the illegitimate Hamas regime to agree to new elections with Fatah for both the West Bank and Gaza. Their terms of office expired years ago and with it any claim to legitimacy as a ruling party. Elections must be scheduled so an unified front can negotiate with Israel to achieve two states for two peoples.