Israel-Gaza Fighting Spills Into Second Day With Air Strikes, Rockets
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Israel on Friday said it had launched a special operation against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, killing one of its senior commanders in a surprise daytime air-strike on a high-rise building in Gaza City.
Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza and Palestinian terrorists fired rockets at Israeli cities on Saturday as fighting ran into a second day, ending more than a year of relative calm along the border.
Israel on Friday said it had launched a special operation against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, killing one of its senior commanders in a surprise daytime air-strike on a high-rise building in Gaza City.
The Israeli strikes killed nine more Palestinians, including at least four Islamic Jihad terrorists and a child, and wounding 79 people, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
In the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said it had apprehended 19 Islamic Jihad terrorists in overnight arrest raids.
