At least 10 people were killed and dozens more were wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel\u2019s military said the strikes were targeting the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad after it threatened to attack Israel. Photo: Hatem Moussa<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel reopened Gaza\u2019s only commercial crossing, allowing trucks carrying fuel and other vital goods to roll into the Palestinian enclave after a cease-fire with militant group Islamic Jihad ended three days of intense fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening of the Kerem Shalom crossing is expected to help ease tensions, especially with Hamas. Gaza\u2019s ruling faction stayed on the sidelines when Israel began a wave of airstrikes Friday that killed about 20 militants, mostly members of Islamic Jihad, according to the Israeli military. Many civilians, including children, were killed in the attacks, while more than 1,100 rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel\u2019s south and center, sending scores running to bomb shelters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three days of fighting has put the focus on the Iran-backed militant group Islamic Jihad At least 10 people were killed and dozens more were wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel\u2019s military said the strikes were targeting the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad after it threatened …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":193136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"\n