Rockets fired into Israel hours after a ceasefire is declared to bring an end to two days of intense bombardment that has killed at least 34 Palestinians
Trails of smoke are seen as rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in Gaza on November 14, 2019.
The initial fighting broke out early Tuesday after an Israeli air strike killed Bahaa Abu al Atta, the commander of Islamic Jihad and his wife, Asmaa. In retaliation for the Atta killing, the Al Quds Brigades, which is the military wing of Islamic Jihad, launched dozens of rockets towards Israeli cities, to which Israel responded with air strikes across Gaza.Tuesday's pre-dawn Israeli strike came almost simultaneously as another strike attributed to Israel, which targeted a senior Islamic Jihad commander based in Syria. The strikes appeared to be a new surge in the open warfare between Israel and Iranian proxies in the region.
Israel frequently strikes Iranian interests in Syria, but Tuesday's attack in Damascus appeared to be a rare assassination attempt of a Palestinian in the Syrian capital.The dead included six Palestinians from a single family who were killed in an Israeli airstrike at their house in Deir al Balah town, central Gaza, early on Thursday, the health ministry said. It was the deadliest incidents since the beginning of the current fighting.
In a scene that could fuel more violence, phone video shot by someone living nearby being circulated on social media showed neighbours and emergency workers frantically digging through the debris in search of bodies following the Thursday morning strike.UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov arrived in Cairo on Wednesday afternoon, airport officials said, following reports he was to hold talks on halting the fighting.
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