Israeli war planes carried out four strikes on Sunday morning, killing three people, including a school boy and a 60-year-old man who medics said was a civilian.
The bloodshed erupted on Friday afternoon when an Israeli strike killed the leader of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), sparking a sharp cross-border exchange, in which 15 Gazans were killed and more than 100 rockets were fired at Israel.
It was the deadliest 24-hour period in and around Gaza in more than three years.
By Sunday afternoon, the toll in Gaza stood at 18 dead and 30 injured, Palestinian medics said. Four people in Israel were injured by rockets.
The United States and the European Union have called on both sides to calm the situation, but efforts by Gaza`s Hamas rulers to broker an end to hostilities through Egyptian mediators have not yet borne fruit.
The latest fatalities included 12-year-old Ayub Asaliya, killed on his way to school in Jabaliya refugee camp and 60-year-old Adel Saleh al-Issi. There were no details on a third fatality.
Israel said the campaign aimed to end rocket fire on the south of the country, though they said Friday`s assassination targeted a leader planning an imminent attack via the Sinai Peninsula. (*)
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