The Hebrew website Ynet revealed that Israel strongly rejected a proposal from Egypt to hand over the body of the martyred prisoner Khader Adnan to his family in Jenin in an attempt to calm the situation.

According to the Hebrew site, Egypt has conducted extensive contacts with Israel since the beginning of the event and the announcement of the death of Khader Adnan.

The site indicated that Egypt and the UN coordinator for the peace process in the Middle East, Thor Wensland, are conducting extensive contacts behind the scenes to try to prevent a broad escalation.

Israeli sources estimated that the response would be unusual for the continuous rocket fire from Gaza.