Overnight the IDF attacked targets in the Gaza Strip, including an underground tunnel, a site for storing weapons, military compounds and a military base of the terrorist organization Hamas.
"Following the weak response in Gaza tonight, the Otzma Yehudit faction decided not to attend the Knesset votes today, and will hold a special faction meeting in the city of Sderot."
Palestinians fired rockets at Ashkelon, Sderot and other communities adjacent to the Strip on Tuesday following the death of Sheikh Khader Adnan, a senior figure in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group who died following an 86-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison.
Gaza terror groups fired rockets at Israel on Tuesday morning following the death of Sheikh Khader Adnan in an Israeli prison. Adnan, a senior figure in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, had refused to eat for 86 days when he was found in his prison cell at the Nitzan Prison.
Following a night of heavy air strikes in Gaza, the Israeli forces and Palestinian groups have agreed to a 'reciprocal and simultaneous' ceasefire, reported Al Jazeera.
A prominent face of Palestinian resistance to Israel's detention policies, Khader Adnan died in prison on Tuesday after 87 days of hunger strike, Al Jazeera reported citing the authorities.
Addressing a Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs weekly media briefing on Tuesday, Majed bin Mohammad Al Ansari said that Al-Aqsa is a Mosque and attempts to change it cannot be accepted.
Israel is in the midst of a challenging security situation that is complicated on several fronts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the heads of Gaza border communities in a Sunday afternoon call, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Amid a fresh upward spiral of violence after Israeli forces struck Gaza and Lebanon on Thursday night, the tensions in the region continue to escalate. In the latest incident, Israel's military broke up a group of Palestinian worshippers near Al Aqsa Mosque today, Al Jazeera reported.
According to Israel Defence Force, it has struck two tunnels, first, one is located in the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun and the second one is near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
At least 4 Palestinians were killed and 23 others were wounded in Jenin on Thursday in the occupied West Bank region, CNN reported citing the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry.