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Israeli forces and militants in Gaza continued to exchange air and rocket attacks Saturday following Israeli airstrikes that killed 12 inside the enclave ...

There were lines to buy groceries even as occasional IDF strikes landed elsewhere in the enclave of 2 million people. But opinions within the organization are known to be divided, with some Hamas officials outside of the enclave more eager for an escalation. Officials said that 81 of the launches had fallen short and landed in Gaza and that 14 others had plunged into the sea. Officials on Saturday shut down the enclave’s sole power plant, which already operated at limited capacity, because of a lack of fuel to run generators. “Suddenly, without warning, there was a big explosion and the window glass started to fly,” said Iman Abu Ghanima, 51, who lives in a building next to the blast site. There was no sign of letup in the fighting, and the Israeli military said it had prepared for its operations to last at least a week. Israeli officials hope that conditions are right for a relatively quick end to the violence. “The most important thing is whether Hamas is going to intervene or not,” said Yossi Kuperwasser, a former head of intelligence research for the Israeli army. The IDF continued to carry out airstrikes in Gaza, targeting what it said were rocket-manufacturing, storage and launch sites. Hamas sat out several days of exchanges between PIJ and Israel in 2019 after Israel killed another top PIJ commander. He said the strikes are carefully planned to avoid harming bystanders but that the militants make perfect accuracy impossible by embedding themselves and their weapons within the civilian population. Two civilians reportedly received minor injuries as they ran for cover, and two soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) received minor shrapnel wounds, officials said.

Children among 24 people killed in Gaza as Israeli military attacks the Palestinian coastal enclave for a second day.

Israeli forces then sealed roads around the Gaza Strip and on Friday bombed an apartment building in the centre of Gaza City, killing al-Jabari, Islamic Jihad’s northern commander, and at least nine others, including a five-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman. Lapid, a centrist former TV host and author, has experience in diplomacy having served as foreign minister in the outgoing government, but has thin security credentials. An Egyptian intelligence delegation headed by Major General Ahmed Abdelkhaliq arrived in Israel on Saturday and would be travelling to Gaza for mediation talks, two Egyptian security sources told the Reuters news agency. This means we will rely in the hospitals on generators. “This is an appeal to extend a helping hand to the ministry of health in Gaza Strip right now. At least 204 others have also been wounded, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Palestinian militants fired over 400 rockets at Israel - most of them intercepted, setting off air raid sirens and sending people running to bomb shelters.

An Egyptian intelligence delegation headed by Major General Ahmed Abdelkhaliq arrived in Israel on Saturday and would be travelling to Gaza for mediation talks, two Egyptian security sources said. It did not elaborate. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli airstrike killed a senior commander in the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, authorities said Sunday, ...

Israel has issued 12,000 work permits to Gaza laborers, and has held out the prospect of granting another 2,000 permits. Israel has kept its crossing points into Gaza closed since Tuesday. With the new disruption, Gazans can use only four hours of electricity a day, increasing their reliance on private generators and deepening the territory’s chronic power crisis amid peak summer heat. By Sunday, Hamas still appeared to stay out of the battle. Such demonstrative visits by Israeli hard-liners seeking to underscore Israeli claims of sovereignty over contested Jerusalem have sparked violence in the past. Israel has said it took action against the militant group because of concrete threats of an imminent attack, but has not provided details. Palestinians held Israel responsible, while Israel said it was investigating whether the area was hit by an errant rocket.