An undercover Israeli unit entered Jenin refugee camp on Monday night to arrest Bassam al-Saadi, one of the Islamic Jihad’s leading figures in the West Bank, as well as his aide.

During the raid, Israel forces also killed 17-year-old Durar Riyad al-Kafarini in an exchange of fire.

After closures entered their fourth day, and under growing pressure from local residents, Israel launches airstrikes to assassinate Tayseer al-Jabari, the head of Islamic Jihad’s military wing in the northern Gaza Strip, and claims to kill 10 more militants from the organization.

Over the course of the evening, the Israel Defense Forces proceed to attack Gaza City, Beit Hanoun and Khan Younis, as part of a new military operation code-named Breaking Dawn.

A 5-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman are among the civilian casualties from the bombing campaign.

The Israeli army reports that it destroyed rocket and mortar manufacturing facilities and a rocket-launching site belonging to Islamic Jihad across the Gaza Strip.

At around 6:30 A.M., Israeli forces also carry out arrest raids in the framework of the same operation across the West Bank, detaining 20 Palestinians, all but one of whom is affiliated with the Islamic Jihad.

Two Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded by mortar shells in the country’s south, after a civilian was injured by shrapnel earlier in the day.

At least five Palestinians are killed, including four children, and several more injured by a strike near a mosque in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza.

The dead were aged five, nine, 10, 11 and 19, with Hamas and the Palestinian media laying the blame with Israel, though Islamic Jihad itself has not responded to the incident.

The Israeli military says it did not carry out any strikes on Jabalya Refugee Camp at the time, adding that the deaths were caused by an errant Islamic Jihad rocket.

In an unusual move, Minister for Culture and Sports Chili Tropper is sent out of the nighttime cabinet meeting to pour cold water on the allegations.

Two videos are distributed appearing to show a rocket veering off into a built-up area, but the footage has not been independently verified.

Hundreds of Jews, including far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, arrive at the Temple Mount Sunday morning, with the gates of the holy site opening for the holiday of Tisha B’Av events, accompanied by roadblocks and beefed-up security presence.

The holy site, known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, has become a flashpoint for tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, especially amid a spike of Jewish attempts to worship there in violation of the long-standing religious status quo.

An Israeli diplomatic source confirms that ceasefire talks are ongoing under Egyptian meditation. Cairo has been seeking to quell tensions as early as the beginning of the week.

An Egyptian diplomatic source, however, warned that “as time passes and the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsens, the chance that Hamas will join the fight increases.” According to their estimation, “if there is no ceasefire within 48 hours, Hamas will join the fighting.”

Reuters, Al Jazeera and several Palestinian media outlets reported an agreement was reached for a cease-fire that would start at 8 P.M., citing Palestinian and Egyptian sources. An Islamic Jihad spokesman confirmed talks are happening, but would not immediately say whether they were successful.

An Israeli official confirmed talks for a cease-fire that would go into effect on Sunday evening, but said its details are still being finalized.