Afghanistan, May 7 -- The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, announced on Monday that it had fired rockets from the Gaza Strip towards the Sderot area in southern Israel.

Simultaneously, the Israeli war cabinet unanimously voted to continue military operations in Rafah.

The Times of Israel reported that several rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel, with shrapnel from one of the projectiles hitting a house in the city of Sderot.

The acceptance of a ceasefire proposal by Hamas has raised hopes for a temporary end to the war in Gaza and has increased pressure on Israel to accept a ceasefire with Hamas that could lead to the release of hostages.

However, Israeli war cabinet member Benn...