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		</div><p>Israeli air strikes killed two Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza as rocket fire towards Israel resumed after a brief overnight lull, raising the death toll in the territory to 12 Palestinians in the heaviest round of fighting in months.</p>
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<p>The Israeli military said more than 250 rockets have been fired at communities in Israel since the violence erupted after an Israeli air strike killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander accused of being the mastermind of recent attacks.</p>
<p>Schools remained closed in communities near the Gaza border as rockets continued to rain down, although it was less intense than a relentless barrage the previous day.</p>
<figure id="attachment_144085" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-144085" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-144085" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/9375C4DC-22A5-4763-9713-B68A3248E5F3.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-144085" class="wp-caption-text">A factory hit by a rocket in Sderot, southern Israel</figcaption></figure>
<p>But in a sign that the current round could be brief, Gaza’s Hamas rulers have yet to enter the fray.</p>
<p>Although larger and more powerful than the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, Hamas is also more pragmatic. With Gaza’s economy in tatters, it appears to have little desire for another round of fighting with Israel.</p>
<p>Egypt, which frequently mediates between Israel and Gaza militants, has been working to de-escalate tensions, according to officials in Cairo.</p>
<p>Seeking to keep the outburst under control, the Israeli military has restricted its operations to Islamic Jihad, and nearly all the casualties so far are members of the militant group.</p>
<p>The initial pre-dawn Israeli strike on Gaza came as another strike attributed to Israel targeted a senior Islamic Jihad commander based in Syria. The strikes appeared to be a new surge in the open warfare between Israel and Iranian proxies in the region.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_144086" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-144086" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-144086" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/8514F547-8612-4D0A-A9F5-F9C049BA3ED1.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-144086" class="wp-caption-text">Palestinians check the damage caused by Israeli missile strikes in Gaza City</figcaption></figure>
<p>Iran has forces based in Syria, Israel’s northern neighbour, and supports Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. In Gaza, it supplies Islamic Jihad with cash, weapons and expertise.</p>
<p>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran is using Iraq and far-off Yemen – where Tehran supports Shiite Houthi rebels at war with a Saudi-led coalition backing the government – to plan attacks against Israel. Hamas also receives some support from Iran.</p>
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<p>Israel frequently strikes Iranian interests in Syria but Tuesday’s attack in Damascus appeared to be a rare assassination attempt of a Palestinian militant in the Syrian capital.</p>
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