The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced the death of two Palestinians and the injury of two others, as a result of the latest Israeli targeting, on Tuesday evening, east of Khan Yunis governorate, which raises the number of victims to 15 martyrs and 22 wounded.
The Israeli occupation army reported on Tuesday that one of its fighters had bombed a "Palestinian cell of anti-tank missile launchers" in the southern Gaza Strip.
The army said in a statement posted on Twitter: "A short time ago, an Israeli fighter attacked a cell of anti-tank missile launchers in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Details will follow."
On Tuesday, the Israeli army bombed a site for the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, without reporting any injuries. Anadolu correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes launched raids on a site of the armed military factions in the central Gaza Strip. There were no reports of injuries, but the shelling caused violent explosions.
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his readiness for any scenario after the Israeli strikes on Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
He added, "We are in the middle of a battle and ready for any eventuality. Last week, I issued my instructions to prepare for the assassination of Islamic Jihad leaders in Gaza."
On Tuesday morning, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced the death of 13 Palestinians and the injury of 20 others, as a result of the initial outcome of the continuous Israeli raids on the Strip.
At dawn on Tuesday, the Israeli army announced, in a statement, the launch of a military operation on the Gaza Strip, dubbed "The Defensive Arrow."
For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed arm of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, announced the killing of 3 of its leaders, their wives and a number of their children in Israeli raids on Gaza.
And the "Quds Brigades" said in a statement: "We mourn our martyrs, commanders Jihad Shaker al-Ghanam, secretary of the military council in the al-Quds Brigades, Khalil Salah al-Bahtini, a member of the military council and commander of the northern region in the al-Quds Brigades, and Tariq Muhammad Ezz al-Din, one of the leaders of the military action in the West Bank."
She added, "We also mourn the wives of the leaders and a number of their children."
"All scenarios and options are open to the resistance to respond to the occupation's crimes," Tariq Salmi, the movement's spokesman, said in a statement, adding, "The resistance will only stop with the end of the occupation."
He continued, "The resistance has established rules of engagement with the occupation, which wants to uproot the Palestinians from their land, and will avenge the martyred leaders."
Violent explosions rock separate areas in the Gaza Strip from time to time as a result of the continuous Israeli raids.
156 housing units in Gaza were damaged by the bombing, and the European Union is concerned about the escalation : Gaza Strip
The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced, on Tuesday, that 156 housing units were damaged as a result of the Israeli "aggression" on the Gaza Strip.
Salama Maarouf, head of the government media office, said in a press conference: "The aggression on Gaza has damaged 27 housing units that have become unfit for habitation, and 129 units have been partially damaged."
He pointed out that "the tightening of the siege on the Gaza Strip by closing the crossings, exacerbates the humanitarian situation inside the besieged Strip, and warns of a humanitarian crisis if this closure continues."
For its part, the European Union on Tuesday expressed its concern about the recent Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip, calling for respect for international humanitarian law.
"We are deeply concerned about the recent escalation in Gaza, following the airstrikes," the union said in a statement.
"We regret the loss of civilian lives, including children," he added.
The Federation called for "respecting international humanitarian law, and protecting the lives of civilians in all circumstances."
At dawn on Tuesday, the Israeli authorities closed the "Erez" crossings for individuals and the "Karm Abu Salem" commercial crossing with the Gaza Strip, in conjunction with a military operation carried out by the Israeli army in the Strip.
And the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced, in its latest statistics, that 15 Palestinians were killed and 22 injured in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.
At dawn on Tuesday, the Israeli army launched a military operation in the Gaza Strip, dubbed "The Defensive Arrow", to assassinate 3 leaders of the "Quds Brigades," the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, during which it carried out a number of air strikes.
For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades announced the martyrdom of 3 of its leaders, their wives and a number of their children in the raids on Gaza.
The operation comes about a week after a military escalation that erupted in Gaza following the death of prisoner Khader Adnan in Israeli prisons. The escalation ended at dawn on Wednesday with a cease-fire between the Palestinian factions and Israel, which was violated by the assassination of the three leaders.
Turkish : In elections about 1.8 million voters cast their ballots abroad
The number of Turkish voters who cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections in foreign representations and border crossings reached 1,798,505 people as of Tuesday evening.
The number of registered voters outside the country is 3 million 416 thousand and 98 people, according to the data of the Supreme Election Commission in Turkey.
Voting began in foreign representations and border crossings on April 27.
One million and 674 thousand and 60 voters cast their votes in foreign representations since the start of voting, while the number of voters at the border crossings reached 124 thousand and 445 people, according to information obtained by Anadolu Agency from the committee.
The polls will be closed in the foreign representations on May 9, while they will continue at the border crossings until the 14th of the same month.
Voters across Turkey will go to the polls on May 14 to choose their candidates in the presidential and parliamentary elections.
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