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Israel strike kills militant in northern Gaza Strip Israel Gaza: Air strikes leave four dead in 24 hours
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An Israeli air strike has killed a militant leader in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say. Three Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have left four people dead, including at least three militants.
They say Hisham al-Saedni, the leader of a jihadist Salafist group, was killed as he rode a motorcycle in the town of Jabaliya on Saturday. One Palestinian was killed and three injured near Deir al-Balah on Sunday, Palestinian medical sources confirmed.
A second militant was also killed in the strike, which was in a response to rocket attack on southern Israel. Israel's military said they had targeted a "terrorist rocket squad".
Another man was killed in another Israeli air raid on Gaza early on Sunday, Palestinian medics say. On Saturday evening an air strike killed a Salafist Islamist leader and another militant in Jabalia and, a few hours later, another militant was killed in Khan Yunis.
Saedini, who is believed to be 43, headed the Mujahedeen Shura Council group, reports say. The Salafist leader killed in Jabalia, Hisham al-Saedni, was hit on a motorcycle. Israel said it was responding to a rocket attack on southern Israel.
href="http://www.idf.il/1086-17278-EN/Dover.aspx" title="Link to IDF statement" >In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said its strike - one of four carried on Saturday - had targeted two "terror operatives". Aged 43, Saedni is said to have headed the Mujahedeen Shura Council group.
It added another two "terror activity sites" in central Gaza were hit in "response to the rocket fire towards southern Israel". On Friday, a rocket apparently fired by the same group landed in the courtyard of a residential building in the southern Israeli town of Netivot. No-one was injured.
No casualties were reported in those strikes.
On Friday, a rocket apparently fired by the Mujahideen Shura Council landed in the courtyard of a residential building in the southern Israeli town of Netivot.
No-one was injured.
There has been a flare-up in violence across the border recently, with Palestinian militant groups firing rockets into Israel and Israel carrying out a series of air strikes against targets across the Gaza Strip.There has been a flare-up in violence across the border recently, with Palestinian militant groups firing rockets into Israel and Israel carrying out a series of air strikes against targets across the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military have reported at least five air strikes over the weekend.