Amid renewed escalation on Friday between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza, which halted Egyptian mediation, Israeli aircraft targeted multiple areas in Gaza, hitting homes and facilities belonging to the Islamic Jihad movement. In response, the Jihad movement launched more rocket barrages, reaching Jerusalem and the West Bank for the first time. In the afternoon, "Channel 13" announced that Egypt informed Israel that Hamas would join the fighting if a ceasefire was not reached by tomorrow evening.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed to continue attacks on Gaza following failed ceasefire attempts, particularly after the "latest barrage" and the arrival of resistance rockets in Jerusalem, along with circulating images and videos of settlers fleeing.
**Assassination of a Senior Leader**
Resistance factions announced that Israel targeted a sixth leader in the Jerusalem Brigades in an apartment in the Nasr neighborhood. Media reports indicated that the targeted leader was the operations file head for Jihad, Iyad Al-Hosani. The Jerusalem Brigades mourned Iyad Al-Hosani, a member of the military council and head of operations.
**Cairo**
Israeli media reported that "Cairo offered a new proposal for a ceasefire on Friday evening, but has not received a response yet."
**Joint Operations Room**
The joint operations room of Palestinian factions announced on Friday that it "executed what it pledged regarding striking deep into the entity with no red lines," explaining that they employed "depletion tactics and silent control." The factions expanded the range of their rocket attacks in areas including Netivot, Tekuma, Kfar Aza, Kfar Sada, and Ashdod. Reports indicated that several rockets landed in settlements near Gaza.
**Escalation**
A senior Israeli official warned to Channel 12 that the coming hours would see significant escalation and "a major response."
**Islamic Jihad Movement**
Daoud Shahab, a leader of the Islamic Jihad movement and its media office director in Gaza, stated on Friday that the bombing of Jerusalem is a message that the eye of resistance is open on Jerusalem, observing everything that happens there and what the enemy plans, emphasizing the importance of the upcoming Jerusalem Day march.
**Israeli Army**
The Israeli army announced that its aircraft targeted four military sites of the Islamic Jihad today, one of which was used by the commander of the Rafah brigade in the organization. It also targeted a site launching mortars linked to the organization in southern Gaza and a mortar launch area in southern Gaza that had fired towards the Gaza border area.
The army published images it claims are from targeting a site used by the person responsible for launching rockets in the Jihad movement, Ahmed Al-Hashash.
**Casualties**
Palestinian medical sources reported to "Reuters" that "one person was killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Gaza amid escalating bombardment." Reports mentioned the recovery of two bodies from the apartment targeted by the Israeli airstrike in the Nasr neighborhood of Gaza.
**Cancellation of Protests**
Channel 12 reported that it was decided to "postpone protests against judicial reforms on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, for the first time in 19 weeks, due to the escalation with Gaza." Israel has decided to extend the state of emergency in the areas adjacent to Gaza until tomorrow.
