GAZA Violence Escalates as Israel Counters Rocket Strikes
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More than 20 reported dead in Gaza, 4 in Israel after hail of rockets and airstrikes.
Twenty-three people have died in Gaza as a result of the fighting between Israel and Gaza militants since Saturday morning, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
In Israel, four people have been killed by rocket fire from Gaza, according to local hospitals and emergency services.
Eight of the dead in Gaza are members of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the Quds Brigade, according to an Islamic Jihad spokesman.
Another of those killed was targeted deliberately — the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says Hamid Ahmed Abdul Khudri, 34, was responsible for money transfers from Iran to militant groups like Islamic Jihad and Hamas inside Gaza.
Health officials in Gaza also say that two infants, a 12-year old boy, and two pregnant women have been killed.
There is a dispute over the cause of the deaths of one of the infants and one of the pregnant women — Gaza health officials say both died in an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military says they were killed when a militant rocket misfired on launch
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