GAZA CITY, Gaza An Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday targeted Islamic Jihad militants, including a senior commander, following an attack on the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, the Israel Defense Forces said. The airstrike near Jabalya gravely injured seven Palestinian militants, including two from the Islamic Jihad who suffered life-threatening injuries, according to Palestinian security and medical sources. They did not say if the senior commander, Khaled Shalan, was one of those wounded. According to the Israeli military, more than 100 rockets, mortar shells and missiles have been fired at Israel by Palestinian militants in Gaza since Hamas leaders announced a cease-fire on January 18. Israel also announced a cease-fire and pulled its troops out of Gaza in January, ending a three-week military campaign that the Israeli military said was aimed at halting the rocket fire. Egypt has been trying to broker a broader cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel. Israel is demanding that Hamas release kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit before it fully reopens the border crossings with Gaza. Hamas has rejected discussing Shalit’s release as part of any cease-fire negotiation with Israel.
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