THIS - JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip - A pickup truck filled with masked militants and homemade rockets blew up in the middle of a Hamas rally, causing mass panic and killing 15 Palestinians and wounding 80 others.
LEADS TO - Hamas responded by firing nearly 40 rockets into Israel, sparking the Israeli offensive. Hamas has been under pressure from Palestinian officials and Egyptian mediators to end the violence.
LEADS TO THIS - . Hamas blamed Israel, but the
Palestinian Authority said the explosion was caused by the mishandling of explosives. Israel, which usually acknowledges attacks on militants, denied involvement in the blast.
WHICH LEADS TO THIS - An Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at a car traveling in the Gaza Strip late Thursday, killing a senior Hamas commander who was among the government's most-wanted fugitives for years — the latest in a series of Israeli assassinations that have weakened the militant group.
that came after they blew up a islamic jihad member with a helicopter strike , and also after israel moved tanks and men to edge of the gaza strip you tool