The Israeli military said it had hit 170 Islamic Jihad targets this week, while more than 860 rockets have been fired from Gaza. The US, which along with Brussels has blacklisted Islamic Jihad and Hamas, urged that steps be “taken to ensure that violence is reduced”. “The entire apartment was seriously shaking. Ran Lev, said he was heading to the bomb shelter when a rocket hit that killed his neighbour. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service has treated five people who were hit by shrapnel, glass or suffered blast injuries from rocket fire. The violence has wounded more than 90 people in Gaza, according to the latest health ministry toll. The decision to renew air strikes on Gaza this week was authorised by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who returned to power in December alongside extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies. But the source subsequently said Israel was “disrupting Egypt’s efforts for a ceasefire”. “Our situation is the same as that of any Palestinian citizen whose house is targeted and whose dream, built over the years, is destroyed,” the 33-year-old said.Įarlier, there had been cautious optimism that there could be a truce, with an Islamic Jihad source saying a deal drawn up by Cairo had been circulated among the group’s leadership. In Gaza’s central Deir al-Balah area, a farmer, Belal Basher, stood beside the ruins of the home he said was hit by multiple Israeli strikes. A rocket killed one civilian in the central Israeli city of Rehovot on Thursday.ĭaily life in the coastal territory, ruled by the Hamas militant group, has largely come to a standstill, while Israel has told its citizens near Gaza to stay close to bomb shelters. Islamic Jihad said the latest rocket fire, seen by AFP journalists, was a “response to the assassinations and the continued aggression against the Palestinian people”.Īt least 31 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza’s health ministry, including militants and several civilians, including children.
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