AFP :
Israel’s military killed a commander from Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in a strike on his home in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, triggering exchanges of fire in a violent escalation that left another nine Gazans dead.
The targeted strike prompted a retaliatory barrage of almost 200 rockets fired into Israel, followed by Israeli air raids. Gaza’s health ministry reported a total of 22 people killed and more than 40 wounded in the Palestinian enclave. Israel said its air strikes targeted Islamic Jihad militant sites as well as rocket-launching squads.
The rocket fire into Israel caused damage and a number of injuries, with at least one rocket hitting a house and another narrowly missing passing cars on a highway.
A factory in the city of Sderot was also hit, sparking a fire.
Israeli medics said they had treated 46 people, 21 of whom had “stress symptoms” related to the rocket fire.
Reports that a separate strike targeted an Islamic Jihad member in Damascus added to the day’s tensions.
Israel’s military killed a commander from Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in a strike on his home in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, triggering exchanges of fire in a violent escalation that left another nine Gazans dead.
The targeted strike prompted a retaliatory barrage of almost 200 rockets fired into Israel, followed by Israeli air raids. Gaza’s health ministry reported a total of 22 people killed and more than 40 wounded in the Palestinian enclave. Israel said its air strikes targeted Islamic Jihad militant sites as well as rocket-launching squads.
The rocket fire into Israel caused damage and a number of injuries, with at least one rocket hitting a house and another narrowly missing passing cars on a highway.
A factory in the city of Sderot was also hit, sparking a fire.
Israeli medics said they had treated 46 people, 21 of whom had “stress symptoms” related to the rocket fire.
Reports that a separate strike targeted an Islamic Jihad member in Damascus added to the day’s tensions.
