{"id":10739,"date":"2022-08-05T23:11:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=10739"},"modified":"2022-08-05T23:26:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:26:54","slug":"israeli-strikes-in-gaza-kill-at-least-10-as-tensions-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/israeli-strikes-in-gaza-kill-at-least-10-as-tensions-escalate\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 10 as tensions escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Friday killed at least 10 people, including a 5-year-old girl and a commander of the Islamic Jihad group. The airstrikes followed almost a week of rising tensions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strikes hit residential apartments, killing at least 10 people including a 5-year-old girl, and wounding 55, the Gaza health ministry said. One airstrike killed Taysir al-Jabari, a senior military leader in Islamic Jihad, according to both Islamic Jihad and the Israeli military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ten Palestinians were martyred and 44 others injured in a series of Israeli air raids on Gaza Strip,\u201d the Palestinian Health Ministry statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos and photos showed smoke rising from the seventh floor of the building in Gaza City. Rescue teams were immediately rushed to the scene to evacuate people and put out a fire caused by the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The IDF is currently striking in the Gaza Strip. A special situation has been declared on the Israeli home front,&#8221; the Israeli military said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strikes came after Israel arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a senior leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smoke-rises-following-Israeli-airstrikes-in-Gaza.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smoke-rises-following-Israeli-airstrikes-in-Gaza.jpeg?resize=839%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10751\" width=\"839\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smoke-rises-following-Israeli-airstrikes-in-Gaza.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smoke-rises-following-Israeli-airstrikes-in-Gaza.jpeg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smoke-rises-following-Israeli-airstrikes-in-Gaza.jpeg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City on August 5, 2022. Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed several people. (Image Credit: AP)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israeli airstrikes prompted Palestinian militants in Gaza to fire dozens of rockets into Israel. The rescue service said there were no reports of casualties in Tel Aviv. Israel&#8217;s Iron Dome missile defense shield intercepted most of those rockets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Palestinian Authority condemns \u2018Israeli aggression\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Palestinian Authority condemned the Israeli &#8220;aggression&#8221; against the Gaza Strip. In a press statement, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called on Israel to stop the &#8220;aggression&#8221; immediately and said that the Israeli army was &#8220;responsible for this dangerous escalation.&#8221; He called on the international community to force Israel to stop the aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israeli warplanes launch a new series of attacks on Gaza. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JrNzlJ7aOH\">pic.twitter.com\/JrNzlJ7aOH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timesofgaza\/status\/1555630100070256640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PM Lapid says Israel&#8217;s Gaza operation &#8216;will take as long as it needs&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a televised speech on Friday night, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that his country had launched the attacks based on a \u201cconcrete threat against Israeli civilians.\u201d Lapid also said Israel&#8217;s military operation against the Gaza Strip &#8220;will take as long as it needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis government has a zero tolerance policy for any attempted attacks \u2014 of any kind \u2014 from Gaza towards Israeli territory,\u201d Lapid said. He pledged to do &#8220;whatever it takes to defend our people&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our fight is not with the people of Gaza. Islamic Jihad is an Iranian proxy that wants to destroy the State of Israel and kill innocent Israelis,&#8221; the Israeli prime minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Islamic Jihad<\/strong> <strong>reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamic Jihad leader Ziad al-Nakhalah, in an interview from Iran on the al-Mayadeen TV network from Iran, said \u201cthe fighters of the Palestinian resistance have to stand together to confront this aggression.\u201d He said there would be \u201cno red lines\u201d and blamed the violence on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamic Jihad is a militant group with a similar ideology to the Islamist group Hamas. Islamic Jihad claimed that it had fired more than 100 rockets on Friday into Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UN Envoy says &#8220;No justification for any attacks against civilians&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reacting to the situation in Gaza, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said he is &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; by the escalation between the Israelis and Palestinians, including the &#8220;targeted killing today of an Islamic Jihad leader.&#8221; He said that was &#8220;deeply saddened by reports that a five-year-old child has been killed in these strikes. There can be no justification for any attacks against civilians.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN envoy called on both sides to prevent further escalation, saying that &#8220;the UN is fully engaged with all concerned in an attempt to avoid a further conflict which would have devastating consequences, mainly for civilians.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Friday killed at least 10 people, including a 5-year-old girl and a commander of the Islamic Jihad group. 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