JERUSALEM: Israel said Wednesday it had struck 25 more Hamas ‘military targets’ in air raids in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket and mortar fire, part of the worst military flare-up since a 2014 war. Targets included drone sheds, a rocket-making workshop and “military compounds,” a military statement said. Israel had said Tuesday it hit more than 35 militant targets in the Palestinian enclave after a barrage of rocket and mortar fire from Hamas, the Islamist group that runs the Gaza Strip, and Islamic Jihad. In a rare joint statement, Hamas and Islamic Jihad declared shared responsibility for the rocket and mortar fire, saying it was in retaliation for Israeli attacks targeting their positions. Three members of Islamic Jihad were killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday.

Source: New Strait Times May 30, 2018 04:18 UTC