The Israeli Iron Dome defense system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip on Thursday night.
Report. Israel agrees to cease targeted killings of Palestinian militants except in cases of concrete threat
The Saudi Al Arabiya Al Hadath news channel reported that Israel notified Egypt that it will end targeted killings unless in the case of a concrete threat and that it would hand over the body of Islamic Jihad member Khader Adnan next week to the Palestinian Authority regardless of a ceasefire. Israel denies that it agreed to return the body as part of the ceasefire agreements – as sources say it was planning to return the body next week regardless.
Adnan died after a hunger strike in Israeli prison last week and Islamic Jihad reportedly set it as a condition for a ceasefire during negotiations.
IDF: 620 rockets entered Israel since start of operation, 179 have been intercepted
Gaza rockets launched at central Israeli cities of Holon and Rishon Letzion
‘If rockets continue to enter Israel, airstrikes on Gaza will also continue,’ Israeli security official says
Heavy barrage of rockets from Gaza hits southern Israel
Buildings in Rehovot damaged from rocket strikes
Israel assassinates another Islamic Jihad commander as ceasefire stalls
Egypt’s FM: No success in mediation efforts for ceasefire
Rocket sirens heard near Gaza border communities
Israel’s defense minister: We are preparing for the possibility of intensified barrages coming from Gaza
IDF reports it struck an Islamic Jihad operations center in Gaza
Netanyahu conducts security assessment with senior defense officials
Report: Gaza militants set three conditions for ceasefire
Islamic Jihad member to head to Cairo for ceasefire negotiations with Egyptian officials, Palestinians report.
IDF: 507 rockets fired since beginning of Gaza op.
507 rockets have been fired from Gaza to Israel between the beginning of Operation Shield and Arrow and 6:00 A.M. Israel time on Thursday, the IDF said.
368 rockets crossed into Israeli territory and 108 landed within the Strip. According to the Israeli army, Iron Dome intercepted 154 rockets that were fired towards populated areas in Israel, with a success rate of 95 percent.
The army further claims that four Palestinian civilians were killed by rockets fired by Islamic Jihad that landed in Gaza.
This includes an incident near the city of Gaza, where a 10-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy were killed. In the town of Beit Hanoun, a 16-year-old boy and 51-year-old man were killed under similar circumstances.
Head of Islamic Jihad rocket program in Gaza Strip killed in Israeli airstrike.
Israel says that it has killed Ali Hassan Muhammad Ghali, the head of Islamic Jihad’s rocket program in the Gaza Strip. Ghali was killed in an airstrike in the early hours of Thursday morning on a residential building in the Sheikh Hamad neighborhood of Khan Younis.
Islamic Jihad member to head to Cairo for ceasefire negotiations with Egyptian officials, Palestinians report
A member of the political wing of the Islamic Jihad will go to Cairo to partake in ceasefire negotiations with senior Egyptian intelligence officials, according to Palestinian reports.
Israel’s Gaza op enters third day: What you need to know.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army launched “Operation Shield and Arrow” in the Gaza Strip by killing three senior members of Islamic Jihad in an airstrike.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 25 people have been killed and 76 wounded. In response, Islamic Jihad has fired over 500 rockets towards Israel. No direct casualties from rocket fire have been reported in Israel, but hospitals have been treating people for anxiety and light injuries as a result of running to shelters.
On Thursday morning, Israel also killed the head of the Islamic Jihad’s rocket program in the Gaza Strip.
Egypt, as well as UN and Qatari mediators, have been attempting to negotiate a ceasefire, but senior Palestinian sources reported that the factions demand that Israel stop its targeted killing policy as a condition to the ceasefire.
