Islamic Jihad fired 500 rockets at Israel. The Israeli army responded with full force and targeted killings – and accepted the killing of civilians. Egypt and Qatar acted as mediators.
Early on Tuesday morning, the Israeli army carried out several airstrikes against Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) targets in Gaza, including three senior commanders of the group who, according to Israeli sources, were involved in the planning and execution of terrorist attacks. . However, according to Palestinian sources, ten civilians were also killed in the targeted killing operation, including the men’s wives and several children.
As is so often the case in this never-ending conflict, this escalation is also a result of an earlier one: with airstrikes, Israel is responding to the heavy rocket fire from Gaza last week, in which three people in Israel were injured. With the bombing, Islamic Jihad, in turn, wanted to avenge the death of its senior member Khader Adnan, who died in Israeli custody after a hunger strike.