Israel will abide by the ceasefire agreement, the Gaza Strip if Hamas to stop firing

Israel says it is willing to comply, after days of military exchanges, in the Gaza ceasefire, if the rocket attacks by Palestinian militants is not over.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday: "If they stop firing on our communities, we will stop firing. "

A Hamas, which runs Gaza, a spokesman said the militants is not interested in the upgrade, you can restore calm.

At least 18 people died in Israeli air strikes, it said that these militants for rocket attacks out.

Barak made ​​the Israeli public radio the cease-fire proposal, he said: "If they stop shooting in general, it will be quiet, it will be good. "

But he added: "We can not tolerate burning ... we will take place on the line along the ground. "

Hamas spokesman 萨米阿布祖 Zawahiri told Reuters: "If Israeli aggression stops, it would be natural to restore calm. "

Although three mortar shells were fired by Palestinian militants, which is a sharp overnight drop from the previous few days.

After the latest round of violence on a collective farm near the Dry Creek school bus last week, Hamas Oz anti-tank rocket attack.

A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured, the driver was wounded.

Which several civilians were killed in Israeli air strikes below. Dozens injured.

Israel's attacks and rockets and mortar shells fired dozens of militants across the border on behalf of the subsequent violence in Gaza, the worst two years.