The High Commission for the March of Return and Breaking the Siege has announced that they will reduce the frequency of demonstrations, rolling them back “to once a month or during national occasions”. The decision comes amid the growing clashes that have taken place in the Gaza Strip between Israel and armed groups. The Commission cancelled the protests of last week due to fear of targeting demonstrators. Since 12 November, Israeli armed forces engaged in fighting with Islamic Jihad after the IDF killed Baha Abu al-Ata, the group’s top commander and his wife, and after it targeted Akram al-Ajouri, Islamic Jihad political leader, in Damascus. He survived but his son and granddaughter were killed. The operation has been heavily criticized by Russia, which has accused Israel of violating Jordanian airspace to carry out its operations in Syria. Islamic Jihad retaliated to the strikes by launching 450 rockets to Israel from the Strip. On 14 November a truce brokered by Egypt was established but it did not hold. Musab al-Braim, spokesman of Islamic Jihad declared to Al-Jazeera that the group had secured concession from Israel, including to “stop the assassinations of the protesters in the March of Return demonstrations”, something that Israeli officials deny. On 16 November, Israel carried out new strikes on Gaza in response to rockets being fired from the strip, for which the IDF took Hamas responsible, although the group has not claimed the attacks. At least 34 Palestinians have been killed during the infighting, including eight members of the same family, and 63 Israelis have received treatment for injuries caused by the rockets.