A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.
Smoke and fire rise from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Gaza, Saturday, May 13, 2023. The building was owned by an Islamic Jihad official. Sunday after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.
In Gaza, residents surveyed the latest damage caused to their surroundings, with gaping holes left in the apartments serving as what Israel said were hideouts for the six senior Islamic Jihad members killed during this round. Gaza’s main cargo crossing with Israel reopened Sunday after warnings that keeping it closed would force Gaza's sole power plant to shut down, deepening a power crisis.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the targeted attacks on the militants' hideouts would reverberate around the region. Throughout the fighting, Israel's repeated airstrikes targeting Islamic Jihad and its command centers and rocket-launching sites showed no signs of stopping the rocket fire, prompting Islamic Jihad to declare victory and sending cheering Palestinians out into the streets late Saturday.
It was the latest in a long series of battles between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza since the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of the seaside territory in 2007. Israel and Hamas have fought four wars, and there have been numerous smaller flareups as well.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza trade fire; 2 Palestinians killed in West Bank raidIsrael and Palestinian militants were unleashing of fire for a fourth day, with the Islamic Jihad militant group launching over a thousand rockets and the Israeli military pounding targets inside the Gaza Strip. There were no immediate reports of casualties in Gaza or Israel on Saturday. But in a reminder of the combustible situation in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military raided the Balata refugee camp in the northern city of Nablus, killing two Palestinians. Hopes for an imminent cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad faded as the Israeli military early Saturday bombed an apartment belonging to a senior Islamic Jihad commander and militants fired a barrage of rockets toward southern Israel.
Read more »
Israel, Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire to end 5 days of fightingGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire late Saturday, ending five days of intense fighting that left 33 Palestinians, including at least 13 civilians, dead. Two people in Israel were killed by rocket fire.
Read more »
Palestinian militants fire more rockets, Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza despite cease-fire effortsIsraeli airstrikes against Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip have continued for a third day, AP reports.
Read more »
More Palestinians killed as Israeli aggression on Gaza continuesA high-ranking Islamic Jihad commander, Iyad al Hassani, was also killed in the ongoing air strikes by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave.
Read more »
Israeli jets bomb Gaza on fifth day as Egypt-led truce efforts linger onAt least 35 Palestinians, including civilians, and one Israeli died in the fighting which began when Israeli forces launched a campaign against the Islamic Jihad armed group.
Read more »
Israel strikes Gaza, Palestinians fire rockets as truce bid lingersThe fighting has now entered its fifth day.
Read more »