The militant Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad, has ordered its members to stop firing rockets at Israeli security forces in the lead-up to the pull-out from the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, Islamic Jihad said it wanted the Israeli withdrawal - due to start in a fortnight - to take place in a peaceful manner.
'The leadership of the al-Quds Brigades issued orders three days ago to all groups to stop firing rockets in order to preserve the national Palestinian project at this critical and historic juncture,' said the statement.
Jihad wanted to 'give a chance for the withdrawal to place in a peaceful manner.'
Jihad signed up to a truce agreement earlier this year but it has since been behind a number of deadly attacks, including a suicide bombing in the Israeli town of Netanya last month.
The movement also denied in the statement that its followers fired a rocket last night, which killed a six-year-old Palestinian boy when it landed on a house in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip.
