Israeli fighter. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 7Air raid sirens sounded again on Sunday night in southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said. On Friday and Saturday, the IDF already informed about sirens in southern Israel in a number of areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip. «Sirens sound in southern Israel,» — the army said on Twitter. 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, and 215 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 accused Israel of escalating the conflictIn a joint statement on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz noted that the attacks on targets of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group are aimed at eliminating a specific threat to Israeli citizens and causing damage to «terrorists and their accomplices.» One of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad, Khaled al-Batsh, said that Israel is responsible for the current escalation around the Gaza Strip. The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday called on the parties to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to restraint and return to the ceasefire. 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 Defense Forces instructed to continue operations in Gaza
