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Israel killed senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata and his wife Asma in a targeted strike early Tuesday, prompting barrages of tit-for-tat rocket fire and air strikes.

Israeli soldiers stand guard next to a house hit by a rocket in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on November 13, 2019, during a wave of tit-for-tat rocket salvoes and air strike between Israel and a Palestinian militant group. Two Palestinians were killed in Israeli air and missile strikes on Gaza early, the territory’s health ministry said, taking the death toll from a two-day flare-up to 12. GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP

Israeli armoured vehicles are pictured stationed near the border with the Gaza Strip on November 13, 2019 Israel launched deadly strikes against commanders of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad triggering a wave of tit-for-tat rocket salvos and air strikes that have killed 16 Palestinians in two days. Menahem KAHANA / AFP