Gaza

The fighting killed more than 40 Palestinians, as rockets were fired towards Israel in the worst violence since the end of an 11-day war in 2021.

At least 15 people have died including a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which has fired back into Israel following its airstrikes on Gaza.

Israel says it is responding to an “imminent threat” after days of tensions following the arrest of a senior Islamic Jihad leader in the occupied West Bank.