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Israel strikes Gaza, Palestinians fire rockets as truce bid lingers
Updated 15:37, 13-May-2023
CGTN

Palestinian militants in Gaza resumed rocket fire on Israel early on Saturday after Israeli aircraft bombed Islamic Jihad targets in the region overnight, as fighting entered a fifth day.

Egypt has been trying to mediate a truce to the flare-up, which has so far left at least 33 Palestinians and one Israeli dead. 

A spokesperson for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group said that they have not accepted a new ceasefire proposal submitted by Egypt, and that discussions on the matter were continuing.

The military said it struck Islamic Jihad command centers and rocket launchers in its pre-dawn operations.

A few hours later Gaza militants fired rockets, setting off sirens and sending Israelis in border communities running to bomb shelters.

There were no reports of casualties.

(With input from Reuters)

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