Fresh Israeli air strikes hit southern, central Gaza

By Nour Abu Aisha, Osama Ghassani and Hani al-Shaer</p> <p>GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israel’s army on Sunday waged fresh air raids on various parts of the blockaded Gaza Strip for a third day straight.</p> <p>The strikes left at least four Palestinians wounded after an Israeli warplane struck a target near a house in the city of Khan Younis in the southern strip, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency.</p> <p>The Israeli army, for its part, said in a statement that the warplane attacked a number of activists of the Islamic Jihad (resistance movement) who were in a “weapons warehouse” in the strip.</p> <p>Israeli warplanes also attacked another target in the vicinity of a house belonging to the Aql Palestinian family at the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central strip, damaging the house, according to eyewitnesses.</p> <p>Since Saturday, nine Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and her infant child, were martyred and 47 others wounded by Israeli air strikes.</p> <p>The escalation in the Gaza Strip started when four Palestinians were martyred, including a teenager, and 51 wounded on Friday in Israeli army attacks on Hamas-affiliated sites and a separate attack on a rally against the decade-long occupation and siege of the Gaza strip.</p> <p>The Israeli assaults were met by Palestinian resistance factions launching 250 rockets towards Israeli settlements, killing three people.</p> <p>Another 83 Israelis have received treatment since Saturday from Palestinian rocket attacks, Israel's Megan David Adom emergency services said.</p> <p>Since Saturday, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have targeted 200 civilian sites including seven residential buildings.</p> <p>On Saturday, a building where Anadolu Agency’s office in Gaza was located was razed by Israeli warplanes. </p> <p>No deaths or injuries were reported in the attack.