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Israel’s military killed a commander from Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in a strike on his home in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, triggering exchanges of fire in a new escalation of violence. The targeted strike prompted barrages of retaliatory rocket fire into Israel, followed by Israeli air raids. Gaza’s health ministry reported seven people killed and 45 wounded in the Palestinian enclave. Israel said it had targeted Islamic Jihad sites as well as rocket-launching squads. The rocket fire into Israel caused damage and a number of injuries, with at least one rocket hitting a house and another narrowly missing passing cars on a highway. (AFP)
