Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Palestinian, Egyptian and Israeli sources confirmed today, Sunday, initial understandings on a cease-fire this evening.

According to a source who spoke to Al-Quds.com, Egypt has received promises from the Islamic Jihad to respond to its intensive efforts made in the last hours, and its readiness to stop the rocket fire.

And the source indicated that the calm is linked to the Israeli aggression, and that it will not hesitate to respond to its continuation.

For its part, Al-Jazeera channel quoted sources as saying that Egypt will issue a statement at five o'clock in the afternoon announcing that the shooting will stop at eight o'clock, and that it will later deal with the issue of the two prisoners, Bassam Al-Saadi and Khalil Awawda, while Israel will commit to bringing fuel to Gaza tomorrow.

Israeli sources also confirmed that the government in Tel Aviv had informed Egypt some time ago that it would agree to a cease-fire.