Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad ceasefire appears to hold after days of intense fighting

A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip appears to be holding Sunday after five days of clashes left 35 people dead.

Gaza's Ministry of Health says 33 "martyrs" died and 190 more were injured, including women and minors, in the latest confrontation with Israel. Islamic Jihad claimed on Telegram that 11 of its members were among those who died in what it calls the "Battle of Revenge." In Israel, an 80-year-old woman and a Palestinian laborer were killed by rockets, The Associated Press reported.

The radical group fired multiple rockets at Israel from Gaza earlier this month after its former spokesperson, Khader Adnan Mohammad Musa, died in a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. Israel responded Tuesday with Operation Shield and Arrow by taking out three top jihadist commanders, which set off a barrage of militant fire at Israeli civilians. 

More than 1,400 rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel through Saturday evening, but about one in every five launches fell in the Gaza Strip, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis had been forced into bomb shelters in recent days, and Israel is slowly lifting restrictions on the hardest-hit areas surrounding Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office thanked Egypt and its president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on Sunday for helping to broker a ceasefire with the jihadist militants late Saturday evening.

Madeleine Hubbard is an international correspondent for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram.