On Tuesday night, the Israeli regime announced the beginning of its air attack on the Gaza Strip.

Iran PressMiddle East: Israeli regime's drones targeted districts of Al-Safina, Al-Bidar and the southern areas of Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

Israeli jets carried out airstrikes in Gaza late on Tuesday, with loud explosions heard in the besieged coastal enclave as tension escalated over the death of a prominent Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody following an 87-day hunger strike.

On Tuesday night, the Palestinian resistance groups targeted the neighboring towns of the Gaza Strip with their rocket attacks.

In these rocket attacks , the Zionist settlements of Sderot, Nir Am, Sha'ar HaNegev were targeted.

Hunger striker Khader Adnan died in an Israeli prison on Tuesday after an 86-day hunger strike.

His death has triggered a storm of condemnations, with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh calling it a "deliberate assassination."

The 44-year-old, from the town of Arraba, west of Jenin, started his hunger strike on Feb. 5 to protest his detention by Israeli authorities.

Adnan was repeatedly detained by Israeli forces and had staged multiple hunger strikes to protest his detention. 219