Gazans extinguish a car destroyed by an Israeli missileGAZA, Aug 6One of the leaders of the Palestinian group «Islamic Jihad» Khaled al-Batsh said that Israel is responsible for the current escalation around the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army on Friday launched Operation Dawn against the Palestinian group «Islamic Jihad» in the Gaza Strip. The military strikes at the enclave, rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip at Israel. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, the number of victims of Israeli strikes has reached 24, 203 people were injured. Islamic Jihad confirmed the death of one of the commanders of its military wing, Taysir al-Jabari. A state of emergency has been introduced in the Israeli rear, and an air raid alert is being sounded in the areas bordering Gaza and in a number of cities in the center of the country. Two Israelis received minor shrapnel wounds from shelling from the Gaza Strip.Islamic Jihad rocket killed people in Gaza, Israel says «The Islamic Jihad Movement is positive about mediation, but we have no choice but to protect our people from aggression. The occupiers (Israel — ed.) responsible for this round of conflict,» al-Batsh told reporters. He noted that the international community, Qatar and Egypt are mediating efforts to stop Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. On Friday, in a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Beni Gantz noted that the strikes on the objects of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group are aimed at eliminating a specific threat to Israeli citizens and causing damage to «terrorists and their accomplices.» The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday called on the parties to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to restraint and return to the ceasefire regime fire. According to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman 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.»
Israel will ensure peace in the country, Lapid said
