Two Palestinians were martyred as a result of a new Israeli bombing targeting the town of Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the number of martyrs on Tuesday to seven, including Islamic Jihad leader Bahaa Abu al-Atta and his wife, while its military wing vowed to retaliate.Tel Aviv declared a state of emergency for two days to come.

The Government Information Office in Gaza, said that the Israeli army launched thirty air strikes and artillery on different areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn Tuesday.

The office said that the Israeli targets included agricultural lands, poultry farms, a house, a marine rest house, in addition to a number of sites belonging to Palestinian factions throughout the Gaza Strip.

The media office also pointed out that the Israeli warplanes bombed a motorcycle west of Beit Lahia and a gathering of citizens near the Bedouin village in the northern Gaza Strip.

The raids killed seven Palestinians, including a senior leader of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, Baha Abu al-Atta, 42, and his wife, Asma Abu al-Atta, and wounded 30 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett declared a state of emergency within the next 48 hours in areas away from Gaza up to 80 kilometers, and hundreds of reservists have been called up.

According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (BNA), Bennett's decision, which took over as defense minister on Tuesday, includes the area of ​​the Gaza envelope (adjacent to the Gaza Strip) and even north of the city of Tel Aviv, central Israel.

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported earlier, the closure of schools and the opening of shelters in central and southern Israel, security reinforcements and exceptional measures in settlements and areas deeper forty kilometers from the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation authorities also decided to close all crossings in the Gaza Strip.

The army asked "non-essential" employees in Tel Aviv and central Israel to stay at home, residents of the border with Gaza, schools and universities to remain closed, and banning public gatherings.

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Resistance response
In response to the assassination of Abu al-Atta, the Jerusalem Brigades vowed that "the coming hours will add a new title to the record of defeats of the enemy prime minister."

In a televised statement to the spokesman of the Al-Quds Brigades, she held Israel fully responsible for the consequences of the decision to assassinate the leadership of the resistance, stressing that it will not allow the re-assassination policy.

On the ground, the resistance factions fired rockets at Israeli positions and settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.

Al-Quds Brigades announced the targeting of a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the eastern Gaza Strip, with mortar shells.

She added, "Mujahideen confirmed that there were casualties in the ranks of the occupation soldiers," and was seen enemy aircraft landing in the place, while there was no statement from the Israeli army about this incident.

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that 149 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, 18 of which fell inside the Strip, and 131 crossed the border of Israel, while 61 rockets landed in open and uninhabited areas. While 64 rockets were fired at cities and populated areas, the Iron Dome intercepted 56 rockets.

The joint chamber of the Palestinian resistance factions considered the assassination of Abu al-Atta and the attempted assassination of a member of the political bureau of Islamic Jihad Akram al-Ajouri in Damascus exceeded all red lines.

For his part, said a member of the political bureau of Islamic Jihad, Khaled al-Batsh that the movement has no choice but to confront in response to the assassination of Abu al-Atta.

Al-Batsh warned the Israeli occupation that it will pay a heavy price, stressing that the movement is ready for all possibilities, and that it will not accept to change the equation imposed by the resistance as he put it.