• Long-lasting truce. New escalation between Israel and Gaza militias

The Israeli Air Force has killed a ringleader of the Islamic Jihad armed arm in the Gaza Strip, Baha Abu al Ata, whom he had been targeting for months at the launch of projectiles against Israel in recent weeks. After promising "revenge," Islamic Jihad has initiated intense rocket bursts against Israel, including several cities in the center such as Tel Aviv and Rishon Letsion and in the south such as Ashleklon and Ashdod in what seems like the beginning of the most serious confrontation since the war of the 2014

After the first "selective killing" of a high Jihad command in Gaza in five years, the pro-Iranian group has declared their high command in northern Gaza as "martyr": "Our response will shake the Zionist entity," he warned. "We have launched projectiles against Sderot, Ashdod, Hadera and Jerusalem," the Al Quds Brigades announced in a first statement while extending the distance of their attacks to Tel Aviv, tens of kilometers from Gaza. Israeli defensive batteries have intercepted much of the missiles.

The Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Palestinian enclave since 2007, has threatened Israel with the consequences of the missile fired on a building in the Shejaia neighborhood that caused the death of Al Ata and his wife.

"The enemy will pay a heavy price for this crime," warn the armed factions in Gaza that have evacuated their bases and facilities to what is believed to be several days of escalation. At the same time, several Jihad-related media report that one of its main leaders, Akram Al Ajouri, was subjected to an attack in Syria.

"Al Ata was directly responsible for hundreds of terrorist attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians. His new attack was imminent. It was a time bomb," says an Israeli military spokesman adding: "We have waited a week to find the opportunity and reduce the the damage to civilians was minimized. The attack reached Al Ata's room without the building collapsing and civilians were killed. We had warned him several times to stop his attacks. "

Given the forecast of more shells from Gaza, the Israeli authorities have canceled classes in schools and universities in large parts of the country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has called an emergency meeting of his security minigab for this morning, accuses Al Ata of being responsible for "numerous attacks and projectile firing at Israel in recent months and planned to launch impending attacks."

The attack on Jihad - approved and ordered by Netanyahu and the military dome ten days ago after the launch of more than ten shells against Sderot - took place hours before Naftali Bennett takes office as Minister of Defense. That wallet was in the hands of Netanyahu himself after the resignation of Avigdor Lieberman almost a year ago in protest at what he considered "Israel's weak reaction to attacks from Gaza." Since then, Israel has twice attended the elections without being able to resolve the political blockade due to the impossibility of forming a government by Netanyahu and his rival, the centrist leader, Benny Gantz.

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