New escalation of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. The Israeli army on Tuesday (November 12th) killed a commander of the armed group Islamic Jihad and nine other Palestinians in a series of strikes on Gaza, from which nearly 200 rockets were fired at Israel, in a new escalation of violence.

At dawn, the Israeli army and internal security services (Shin Beth) conducted a targeted strike on Baha Abu al-Ata's apartment, killing him at once with his wife, Asma, in the enclave Palestinian controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas, the pet peeve of Israel.

In response, bursts of rockets have been fired continuously from Gaza on Israel. Alarm sirens sounded in many cities near the Palestinian enclave and to the Tel Aviv economic metropolis, where schools and universities were closed.

Imminent attacks

After the barrage of rockets, the Israeli army has increased the number of strikes against "sites" of Islamic Jihad, killing eight Palestinians and bringing the total death toll in the Gaza Strip to ten dead and around forty wounded, according to the authorities. local.

While the majority of the more than 190 rockets fired by the army were intercepted by the "Iron Dome" missile shield, others fell on Israeli territory, damaging a house, a factory and a highway, where almost a shot was fired. thundering cars in circulation. Rescuers said they "treated" 39 people.

The 41-year-old father of five, Baha Abu Al-Ata joined the ranks of the Palestinian group in the 1990s and was his commander for northern Gaza, where he had orchestrated numerous gunfire against Israel.

"He was responsible for several terrorist attacks, rocket attacks on the State of Israel in recent months and intended to perpetrate impending attacks," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

"Maximum alert"

Israel "does not want an escalation, but we have to do everything necessary to protect ourselves, I tell you in advance, it could take time," Netanyahu warned after meeting with the leaders of the Army and Shin Beth.

The army said it was preparing "for several days of clashes".

The armed groups in Gaza, an enclave in the "maximum alert" state where two million Palestinians live under Israeli blockade, claimed that the Jewish state had crossed "all the red lines".

UN envoy on the way to the Middle East

Tuesday, in the Syrian capital Damascus, strikes targeted at the dawn the house of a political leader of the Islamic Jihad, killing two people including his son, said the Syrian official agency Sana and the Islamic Jihad, blaming the responsibility to Israel who declined to comment.

The Gaza operation comes as Benjamin Netanyahu, looking for support in trying to stay in power when his rival Benny Gantz was chosen to try to form a government, has appointed a new Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, from a small party on the right.

UN envoy for the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, is on his way to Cairo to participate in talks to try to avoid escalation, a diplomatic source told AFP.

With AFP