"Breaking Dawn" Op. : Death toll in Israel air strikes on Gaza rises to seven, including child

1. Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, killing at least seven people, including a senior militant, according to Palestinian officials.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said seven people were killed, including a five-year-old girl, and at least 40 wounded. The Islamic Jihad movement said a Gaza commander, Tayseer al-Jabari, was among those killed.[alarabiya.net]
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2. Israel says it is attacking Gaza with warplanes and declared a “special situation on the home front” after days of tensions with the Palestinians.

The friction follows the arrest of a senior Palestinian leader in the occupied West Bank. A blast could be heard in Gaza City on Friday, where smoke poured out of the seventh floor of a tall building. [ Al Jazeera ]
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3. Israel had closed roads around Gaza earlier this week and sent reinforcements to the border as it braced for a revenge attack after the arrest of a senior member of the militant group in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
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