Rockets fired in Gaza City towards Israel

Several rockets were fired on Sunday in Gaza City towards Israel. As tension escalates after a day of intense strikes conducted by the Israeli army, fighter from the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad confirmed that one of the attacks killed a senior commander, their second leader to be slain amid an escalating cross-border conflict.

The Israeli military said that as of Sunday morning it had intercepted 200 rockets from the Gaza Strip. It said a total of 450 rockets fired from Gaza entered Israel. So far, Hamas, the larger militant group that rules Gaza, appeared to stay on the sidelines of the conflict, keeping its intensity somewhat contained. Gaza’s Health Ministry said 29 people had been killed in the fighting so far in the coastal strip, including six children and four women.