On 3 May, during the weekly protests at the Gaza–Israel border, two Israeli soldiers were injured in an attack by a Gazan sniper who, according to Israel Defense Forces (IDF), was connected to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

[8][9] In response, the Israel Air Force targeted a nearby Hamas post with an airstrike, killing two people and injuring two others.

The men killed were identified as Abdullah Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Salouh, 33 and Alaa Ali Hasan al-Boubli, 29.

[16] Later that day, a rocket directly struck a factory in the city of Ashkelon, leaving a man dead and two others injured.

[17] A Kornet anti-tank missile hit a private van in the kibbutz community of Yad Mordechai, killing the Israeli driver.

[18] Three people were injured in the Eshkol Regional Council – two lightly when a mortar shell landed in a yard, and a Thai worker was moderately wounded by a rocket that exploded in a field where he was working.

[20] The man was identified as Hamed Ahmed Abed Khudri, and was accused of transferring funds from Iran to Gaza.

[22] In the early morning of 6 May, a ceasefire agreement mediated by Egypt in its capital city Cairo[23] was reached, taking effect at 4:30 A.M (1:30 UTC).