The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, announced that “in a joint operation under Operation Unity of the Squares, the Al-Quds Brigades, the National Resistance Brigades, the Mujahideen Brigades and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the Nidal Al Brigades -Amudi, they are shelling the settlements of Netivot – Sderot – Kissufim – Third Eye – Sofa, with rocket bursts.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli army expected to continue its aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip for a week, noting that there were currently no ceasefire talks with Islamic Jihad.

An army spokesman told AFP that the Israeli army was “preparing to continue the operation for a week … and there are no ceasefire negotiations currently underway,” confirming Israeli media reports.

In turn, Palestinian resistance groups have responded to Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip with rocket-propelled grenades at communities in the Gaza shell, Tel Aviv, Tar Ben Gurion and other Israeli targets.