Israel strikes Gaza and Syria

Tit-for-tat violence escalating in run-up to fresh Israeli elections

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(Image credit: (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images))

Israeli aircraft have bombed the Gaza Strip and Syria, killing two people, after earlier rocket fire.

The Israeli Air Force claims it targeted “Islamic Jihad terror sites” throughout Gaza and near the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Guardian says “the latest tit-for-tat violence” comes “ahead of a fresh general election”.

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