Military and a child on a street in the Gaza Strip. File photoTEL AVIV, Aug 6The Israeli army said that civilians, including children, were killed in Jabaliya in northern Gaza due to a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. The Israeli army launched Operation Dawn on Friday against the Islamic Jihad group in the Gaza Strip. Gaza. The military strikes at targets in the Gaza Strip, a state of emergency has been introduced in the Israeli rear. The Palestinian group «Islamic Jihad» confirmed the death of one of the commanders of its military wing, Taysir al-Jabari, during an airstrike. All night and all day, air raid sirens sound in Israel's Gaza border areas and in some cities in the center of the country.Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza rises to 24The latest figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health put the death toll from Israeli strikes up to 24, including six children and two women, with 203 injured. in the northern Gaza Strip are tragic and depressing.After verification of the circumstances of the incident, it was determined that the damage to the territory and civilian casualties are the result of a failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, the Israeli military said in a statement.The army notes that over the past two days Islamic Jihad has fired more than 400 rockets at Israel «indiscriminately» and claims that Islamic Jihad is using densely populated civilian areas for «terrorist activities» endangering the lives of Gaza residents. The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday called on the parties to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict towards restraint and a return to the ceasefire. According to Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Russia perceives with deep concern the escalation, which is fraught with «the resumption of a full-scale military confrontation and further deterioration of the already deplorable humanitarian situation in Gaza.»
Israeli army reported attacks on the Gaza Strip
