May 20 – Clashes break out in Gaza following apparent assasination attempt on Palestinian intelligence chief loyal to Abbas.

Clashes broke out on Saturday (May 20) between between militants close to the Palestinian intelligence chief who earlier in the day survived an apparent assassination attempt and members of an alternative militia Hamas.
reuters.com

Israeli strike kills Palestinians
Four Palestinians have been killed and several injured in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City.
A senior militant from Islamic Jihad and three members of a family were among the dead, including a child.

Islamic Jihad said Mohammed al-Dahdouh was one of its senior engineers involved in weapons manufacture.

The Israeli army has struck at militant targets in this way many times before, a BBC correspondent in Gaza says.

The strikes form part of their effort to stop militants from firing rockets into Israeli territory.

For their part, militants often say their attacks are in retaliation for Israeli military action in both Gaza and the West Bank.

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