Gaza Flare-up Day Two: Fresh Israeli airstrikes prompt rocket fire

Eight more Palestinians have been martyred in the Gaza Strip as the Zionist entity renewed its air raids against the besieged coastal enclave for a second day, prompting retaliatory rocket fire into the occupied territories.

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamist Jihad movement, said on Wednesday that a member of the resistance group, Khalid Mavaz, 38, had lost his life in an Israeli airstrike on central Gaza.

The Israeli military said its forces targeted Mavaz as he was preparing to launch rockets into the Israeli-occupied territories, a day after the regime assassinated senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata, along with his wife, in a targeted strike.

Seven Palestinian also lost their lives in the raids, according to the health ministry in the blockaded enclave, bringing the death toll from the regime’s assaults since Tuesday morning to 18.

According to the latest figures by the Gaza Health Ministry, the Israeli raids have left a total of 45 people injured, including 23 children.

Ata’s assassination sparked Palestinian retaliatory attacks, with Israeli military sources saying more than 200 rockets have been fired from Gaza into the occupied territories on Tuesday.

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