Rockets fired at Israel are intercepted by Iron Dome missile defence system

Israel has assassinated the commander of Islamic Jihad's rocket launch forces in the Gaza Strip in an overnight airstrike, dampening hopes of a swift ceasefire as fighting continued for a third day.

The Israeli military said it targeted Islamic Jihad commander Ali Ghali inside a safehouse with a predawn airstrike that also killed two other militants from the same group.

His death was also confirmed in a statement by Islamic Jihad, the second largest militant group in the Gaza Strip, which said he was killed in the southern Gaza Strip.

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