An Israeli man was killed overnight after a rocket from the Gaza Strip struck the city of Ashkelon, officials said Sunday.

Police said the man died from critical wounds suffered in the rocket strike after being taken to hospital.&nbsp;

A spokeswoman for the Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon identified the man as Moshe Agadi, a 58-year-old father of four from the city, who was outside his home when a rocket hit.

He was the first Israeli killed in the flare-up of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/four-palestinians-killed-as-rocket-barrages-from-gaza-draw-israeli-strikes-216001">violence that began</a> Saturday.

More than 250 rockets have been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip since Saturday, Israel's military says, and Israel has responded with air and tank strikes.

The latest flare-up came with Hamas, the Islamist movement that rules the blockaded Gaza Strip, seeking further concessions from Israel under the ceasefire.

Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fought three wars since 2008 and fears remain of a fourth.

An Israeli man was killed overnight after a rocket from the Gaza Strip struck the city of Ashkelon, officials said Sunday. Police said the man died from critical wounds suffered in the rocket strike after being taken to hospital.

An Israeli man was killed overnight after a rocket from the Gaza Strip struck the city of Ashkelon, officials said Sunday. Police said the man died from critical wounds suffered in the rocket strike after being taken to hospital. A spokeswoman for the Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon identified the man as Moshe Agadi, a 58-year-old father of four from the city, who was outside his home when a rocket hit. He was the first Israeli killed in the flare-up of violence that began Saturday. More than 250 rockets have been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip since Saturday, Israel's military says, and Israel has responded with air and tank strikes. The latest flare-up came with Hamas, the Islamist movement that rules the blockaded Gaza Strip, seeking further concessions from Israel under the ceasefire. Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fought three wars since 2008 and fears remain of a fourth.

Israeli man killed in rocket strike from Gaza: Police

US President Donald Trump has invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House &quot;soon&quot;, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Friday. 
 
During their first phone call since Trump`s inauguration in January, the US president invited Abbas &quot;to visit the White House soon to discuss ways to resume the (Palestinian-Israeli) political process,&quot; Wafa quoted Abbas`s spokesman as saying.

The spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeina, said that Trump stressed his &quot;commitment to a peace process that would lead to a real peace between Palestinians and Israelis&quot;, Wafa reported.

Abbas told Trump that peace was a &quot;strategic choice&quot; for the Palestinian people that should lead to the &quot;establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel&quot;.

Trump received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in mid-February.

At that meeting, Trump broke with decades of US policy by saying he was not bound to the two-state solution for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The peace process has been deadlocked since April 2014 following the collapse of indirect negotiations led by then US secretary of state John Kerry.

(AFP)

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The US president has invited Abbas to discuss ways to resume the Palestinian-Israeli political process

US President Donald Trump has invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House "soon", the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Friday. During their first phone call since Trump`s inauguration in January, the US president invited Abbas "to visit the White House soon to discuss ways to resume the (Palestinian-Israeli) political process," Wafa quoted Abbas`s spokesman as saying. The spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeina, said that Trump stressed his "commitment to a peace process that would lead to a real peace between Palestinians and Israelis", Wafa reported. Abbas told Trump that peace was a "strategic choice" for the Palestinian people that should lead to the "establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel". Trump received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in mid-February. At that meeting, Trump broke with decades of US policy by saying he was not bound to the two-state solution for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The peace process has been deadlocked since April 2014 following the collapse of indirect negotiations led by then US secretary of state John Kerry. (AFP)

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Israeli man killed in rocket strike from Gaza: Police

Trump invites Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to White House for talks