Airstrikes on Thursday morning come a day after 11 people were killed in an Israeli military operation in Nablus
The Israeli army launched airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip hours after Palestinian militants in the regions fired six rockets towards Israel’s south. The escalation in violence came a day after an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank that killed 11.
Hours earlier, Israel’s air defences intercepted five rockets which were fired towards the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot, the military said. One other rocket landed in an open field. There were no reports of damage or casualties.On Wednesday morning Israel’s military launched a raid on the West Bank city of Nablus, which targeted three militants who were near the centre of the old city. All three wanted men were killed along with eight others, including a 72-year-old man and a teenager.
The raid was one of the biggest of the past year, during which the situation in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has steadily worsened. A similar raid in January was followed by a Palestinian militant attack near an East Jerusalem synagogue that killed seven Israelis.
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