Tensions escalate as Khader Adnan dies in Israeli prison and Gaza is bombed.
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Israeli jets carried out airstrikes in Gaza after rockets were fired from the enclave following the death of Khader Adnan, a prominent Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody who died after an 87-day hunger strike. Palestinian leaders described his death as an assassination. Hundreds of people rallied in support of Adnan in Gaza and the West Bank. The Israeli military said at least 26 rockets were fired from Gaza, with two landing in the southern city of Sderot, wounding three people. An umbrella group of armed Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the rocket barrages towards Israel.
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