A second senior commander of the militant Islamic Jihad group was killed in a single day, Reuters reported on Sunday, amid persevering with preventing between Israel and Palestinians that has seen some 30 Palestinians killed since Friday.

Commander Khaled Mansour was killed in an airstrike. His loss of life follows that of one other senior commander, Tayseer Jabari, who was killed on Friday.

In response, Islamic Jihad stated it might “not let their blood dry earlier than they bombard the settlements of the enemy,” in line with Reuters. Palestinian militants fired rockets in the direction of Jerusalem on Sunday, Reuters stated, whereas Israel continued its assaults.

Israel stated it launched its army operation on Friday to get rid of “a concrete risk” in opposition to its residents.  

Not less than six youngsters have been killed within the spherical of assaults, the BBC reported. The Israeli authorities denies accountability for a strike that killed at the least 4 youngsters, claiming in a assertion that the Islamic Jihad group had fired a rocket “that fell quick and landed in Gaza.”

The Norwegian Refugee Council known as for an instant ceasefire as casualties rose on Sunday. “Each single escalation of violence in Gaza comes at the price of bizarre folks, who pay the very best value for army actions. We urge all events to guard civilians by all means, put an finish to hostilities and work in the direction of an instantaneous ceasefire,” the group stated in a press release.

Gaza’s well being ministry stated greater than 250 folks have been wounded within the airstrikes, in line with the Related Press.