Israel’s Netanyahu orders ‘massive strikes’ for third day
Israel responds to first death of an Israeli civilian in a rocket attack from Gaza since a 2014 war with militants in the enclave
Gaza/Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he ordered the military to continue “massive strikes” against militants in Gaza as a surge in cross-border hostilities ran into a third day. A rocket fired from Gaza killed an Israeli civilian on Sunday while four Palestinians, at least two of them gunmen, were killed in Israeli strikes in the most serious border clashes since a spate of fighting in November 2018. Israel’s military said more than 450 rockets, many of them intercepted by its Iron Dome antimissile system, have been fired at southern Israeli cities and villages since Friday, and it attacked about 220 targets belonging to Gaza militant groups. The latest round of violence began two days ago when an Islamic Jihad sniper fired at Israeli troops, wounding two soldiers, according to the Israeli military. Islamic Jihad accused Israel of delaying implementation of previous understandings brokered by Egypt aimed at ending violence and easing blockaded Ga...
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