Israel assassinated a senior leader of an Iran-backed militant group in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on Tuesday morning, prompting dozens of retaliatory rockets and concerns of a new escalation in hostilities with the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli military said it had killed Baha Abu Al-
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