Gaza CityClashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants continued for the third consecutive day on Friday. Israeli warplanes targeted terrorist positions in the Gaza Strip, while terrorists (terrorists) fired more than 800 rockets at Israel. Four Israeli civilians are reported to have been killed in these attacks.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City. The attack started a fire on the seventh floor of the building, killing both men. Meanwhile, foreign mediators have stepped up efforts to broker a ceasefire between the two sides.
Israeli airstrikes killed two more militant commanders in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, taking the death toll on the Palestinian side to 33 in the latest clashes. At the same time, a 70-year-old man was killed in Israel by a rocket fired from the Palestinian side. This is the first case of death of an Israeli civilian in the latest conflict.
The Israeli army said its warplanes struck rocket-launching sites of the Islamic Jihad terror group. Gaza residents reported explosions in fields near the city of Rafah.
Alert sirens were sounded at Israel’s southern border after several rockets were fired from the Palestinian side. This has dealt a blow to ceasefire efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations.