Israel targets military and According to the Palestinian health ministry, 15 Palestinians have died in the Gaza Strip . As a result of Israeli military operations targeting Palestinian militant organisation Islamic Jihad.
Since Friday, Israel has been the target of almost 300 Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks, according to an Israeli official.
The operations were started because of the “immediate threat” from PIJ.
The latest violence is the most serious flare-up. It is between Israel and Gaza since an 11-day conflict in May 2021. It left more than 200 Palestinians and a dozen Israelis dead.
This most recent operation, code-named Breaking Dawn, might persist for a week, the Israeli military has warned.
19 members of PIJ have been detained According to Israel. Across the occupied West Bank in addition to airstrikes on Gaza.
Despite further reports of airstrikes in Gaza, sirens warning of impending rockets continued to wail in Israeli towns on Saturday.
A man was murdered on Saturday close to Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Information was provided by Palestinian health officials.
However, the largest militant organisation in the region, Hamas, which frequently coordinates its operations with Islamic Jihad and shares a similar ideology, does not appear to be launching rockets from its sizable rocket stockpile at this time.
Therefore, there are no reports of Israeli airstrikes directed at Hamas, which would indicate a rise in the level of hostility.
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On Friday night, Hamas made resounding declarations asserting the unity of “resistance groups.” However, because it is in charge of Gaza, it has its own set of practical concerns that might prevent it from getting further involved.
Hamas’ estimates could be affected, for instance, if the number of civilian deaths in Gaza increases dramatically.
It would immediately become considerably more intense if it did choose to join the war.
If things continue as they are, Egypt, which frequently mediates disputes between Israel and Gaza. also it will have a greater chance of brokering a cease-fire.
According to Egyptian media, Cairo officials were prepared on Saturday to receive a probable delegation of PIJ delegates as part of that procedure.
After Israel closed its border crossings with Gaza last week out of concern that Islamic Jihad might retaliate for the arrest of one of its commanders in the northern West Bank, life in the Palestinian enclave has already become significantly more difficult.
According to a spokeswoman for the electrical company, Gaza’s sole power plant shut down on Saturday. Due to absence of any fuel deliveries.
An Israeli official claimed that of the nearly 300 rockets and mortars that Gaza is supposed to have fired. Overnight into Israel Around 70 were intercepted and fell in the Gaza Strip.
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According to officials, the Iron Dome missile defence system of Israel intercepted the vast majority of those that attempted to enter Israeli airspace without causing any damage or casualties.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that 30 Islamic Jihad targets had been hit. Which IncludED two armament storage locations and six rocket manufacturing facilities. Palestinian health officials report that the strikes have harmed at than 120 people.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid described the initial strike on Friday as “a precision counter-terror operation against an immediate threat.”
The high-rise Palestine Tower in Gaza City, which was hit on Friday in a powerful explosion. That sent smoke pouring from the structure, was among the PIJ-linked buildings that the IDF claimed to have targeted in its attacks.
Ziyad al-Nakhala, the secretary general of the PIJ, made the following statement while visiting Tehran, the capital of Iran. “We will respond violently to this attack, and there will be a war that our people will win.
Tel Aviv will be hit by resistance rockets, and there are no red lines in this conflict.
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The most recent violence happened shortly after Israel detained Bassem Saadi on Monday night. Saadi is thought to be the leader of PIJ in the West Bank.
As part of ongoing arrest operations following a spate of attacks by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians that left 17 Israelis and two Ukrainians dead . He was being held in the Jenin area. Two of the attackers were from the neighbourhood of Jenin.
IDF found illegal weapons and a large sum of money in his house. We know from intelligence we cannot share details we know that they have PIJ operatives in Gaza close to the border trying to attack Israeli civilians
One of the most powerful militant organisations operating in Gaza, PIJ, is supported by Iran and has its headquarters in Damascus, the Syrian capital.
It has been behind numerous assaults on Israel, including shootings and rocket fire.
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