An Egyptian-brokered cease-fire began Sunday evening at 11: 30 p.m. local time between Israel and the Iranian-backed terrorist militia known as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) after two days of fighting in which Israel had the clear upper hand.
PIJ launched hundreds of rockets against Israel, including the main cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Tel Aviv. None of these rockets caused direct casualties thanks to Israel’s Iron Dome, which downed rockets that were aimed at its population centers.
One PIJ rocket landed on a home in the Israeli town of Sderot, but the family was sheltering inside their home’s “safe room.”
The Iron Dome is funded by the U.S. who has received the system from Israel. Some pro-Israel activists noted that many members of Congress have voted against funding for the Iron Dome after the war between Israel’s terrorists and Israel last year.
Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system has intercepted more than 95% of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad rockets fired at Israeli cities and towns, saving countless lives.
420 Democratic and Republican members of Congress voted to help fund it.
11 didn’t.
Remember their names. pic.twitter.com/vAb8BoBqxc
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) August 7, 2022
Some PIJ Rockets injured and killed Palestinian civilians.
In the meantime, Israel destroyed a large portion of the PIJ’s command structure, eliminated substantial portions of its weapons caches and attacked observation posts and underground tunnels.
In the final moments before the cease-fire, the Times of Israel reported, each side launched a few final attacks.
Experts are still puzzled by why PIJ would want to confront Israel, now without Hamas’ participation, which is the terrorist group in Gaza that has control of the Gaza Strip, and allows PIJ operation. Iran will be negatively affected by this lopsided outcome.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. PST). He is the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. His recent book, RED NOVEMBER, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
