Khaled Mansour held parallel role to Tayseer Jabari who died in targeted killing on Friday, setting IDF offensive in motion; military rejects blame for killing of 4 children in northern Gaza, saying an errant rocket fired by Palestinians is to blame
CONTINUE READINGGaza journalist Sami Obaid tells Ynet that Israeli government responsible for suffering of Gazans and can help by allowing fuel into Strip, providing work when there is 85% unemployment; ‘Israel sees all Gazans as terrorists,’ he says
CONTINUE READINGRocket hits parking lot in Ashkelon causing damage but no reports of injuries; Gantz says offensive to continue during visit to Iron Dome missile defense battery; military chief says IDF aim is to provide security to residents of south and deal critical blow to Islamic Jihad
CONTINUE READINGSpeaking to Ynet Gaza journalist Sami Obaid says Israeli government responsible for suffering of Gazans and can help by allowing fuel into strip, providing work when there is 85% unemployment; ‘Israel sees all Gazans as terrorists,’ he says
CONTINUE READINGExplainer: Iran supplies Islamic Jihad with funding and weapons including long-range rockets capable of hitting Tel Aviv and other urban areas, providing arsenal compatible with that of Hamas, although being smaller faction
CONTINUE READINGPalestinians say at least one man killed in latest attack; mortar and rocket fire continues, targeting border area communities; one man slightly injured when mortar falls inside Kibbutz
CONTINUE READINGBrig. Gen. Ran Kochav says Iron Dome intercepts 95% of projectiles crossing border from Strip, warns of more targeted killings, says fatalities in Friday strike set to carry out mortar attack against Israelis
CONTINUE READINGIDF says strike on Islamic Jihad commander Tayseer al-Jabari, who ‘planned numerous deadly attacks against Israel,’ represented a ‘targeted preventive action to eliminate a concrete threat’
CONTINUE READINGGantz approves mobilization of up to 25,000 reservists to aid in efforts of campaign against Islamic Jihad, dubbed Breaking Dawn, while IDF official tells Ynet terror group was set to carry out a deadly attack against Israelis
CONTINUE READINGPM says military action aimed at ‘removing tangible threat on citizens of the State of Israel and Gaza border communities’ after four days of simmering tensions along the southern border
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