More than a year of comparatively calm along the border came to an end on Saturday as fighting continued into the second day when Israeli planes attacked in Gaza and Palestinian terrorists fired rockets at Israeli cities.
In a surprise daylight airstrike on a tall structure in Gaza City, Israel stated on Friday that it had initiated a special operation against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, killing one of its senior commanders.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the Israeli airstrikes resulted in the deaths of nine additional Palestinians, including at least four Islamic Jihad fighters and a child, and the injuries of 79 others.
The Israeli military reported that during midnight arrest raids in the occupied West Bank, 19 Islamic Jihad fighters were captured.
According to the IDF, Palestinian terrorists launched at least 160 rockets over the border, some of which landed in Israel's capital Tel Aviv. A few persons suffered minor injuries while rushing to shelters from the majority of the missiles that were launched at them.
According to a Palestinian official with knowledge of the attempts, Egypt, the UN, and Qatar had started mediating a stop to the violence, "but no breakthrough yet," the official claimed.
An official of the Palestinian Authority with support from the west denounced Israel's assaults.
Hussein al-Sheikh, the civil affairs minister, posted on Twitter, "We call on the international community to act and give safety for our people."
The decision of Hamas, the Islamic militant organisation in charge of Gaza, to join the conflict would determine how far the conflict escalated.
Tensions increased this week after an Islamic Jihad commander was detained by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, prompting threats of vengeance from the organisation.
According to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Friday's attacks prevented Islamic Jihad from launching an immediate and direct assault.
Since May 2021, when Israel and militants engaged in 11 days of violent warfare that left at least 250 people dead in Gaza and 13 in Israel, the border had been fairly quiet.
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