The death was the first on the Israeli side since the latest escalation with Gaza began on Tuesday.
Gaza’s armed factions are stepping up rocket attacks on Israeli areas, after massive airstrikes on Thursday killed two leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement.
Israeli authorities sounded warning sirens in the Ashkelon region and settlements near Gaza after being targeted by a barrage of missiles.
Israeli media reported that 5 people from Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, were injured and one person was injured by shrapnel from a missile in the settlement of Eshkol.
As an Israeli plane targeted a house in Deir al-Balah, according to Palestinian media.
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