At least seven rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel this afternoon. queues against the background of a new escalation of regional tensions after the death today of Palestinian prisoner Jader Adnan after an 86-day hunger strike.

“Recently, six rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel,” of which several fell near the dividing line, while others fell inside the Palestinian coastal enclave. Later, another shell caused an alarm in an Israeli farming village and also hit open fields, the Israeli army said.

Following the death this morning of Adnan, a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (YIP) and the first Palestinian prisoner to die under such circumstances since 1983, at least 32 rockets were fired from Gaza early in the morning in multiple volleys. continued throughout the day.

The Gaza Joint Chamber of Operations, which brings together the enclave’s armed groups, including the Islamist movements Hamas and DPA, has claimed responsibility firing in response to Adnan’s death, and said he would conduct more launches.

This morning, Islamic Jihad, with a strong military presence in Gaza, which is de facto controlled by Hamas, warned Israel that it would “pay the price” for Adnan’s death, which also sparked protests and calls for a strike in the occupied Palestinian territory. territory. .

This afternoon, after firing four rockets for the first time this morning, the Palestinian militias fired another burst of more than 20 rounds towards Israel.

Some of them hit construction sites in the Israeli city of Sderot and injured three Chinese workers, one of whom was seriously injured and two others were slightly injured.

According to Israeli emergency services, two other people also suffered minor injuries as they ran towards bomb shelters when sirens wailed.

For their part, five Palestinians were injured in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza by shrapnel from several rockets intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system, sources in the same hospital told EFE.city.

So far, Israel, which usually responds militarily to any attack from Gaza, has not responded to the rocket fire, although it has warned that it is planning some sort of retaliation.

“We are analyzing the situation on the ground and calculating what our response will be,” an Israeli army spokesman said.

For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the defense apparatus to assess the situation and evaluate possible actions.

In recent years, there have been several bursts of violence of varying degrees between Israel and the Gaza militias.

In May 2021, an 11-day escalation in the war resulted in 260 Palestinian deaths and 13 defecting to Israel.

In turn, in August 2022, an intense firefight took place between Islamic Jihad and Israel for three days, resulting in the death of about fifty people in Gaza.

(EFE)