Israel’s military said Friday it had struck the Gaza Strip the previous day in response to a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire there.The announcement of Thursday’s attacks came after exchanges of fire in the south of the Palestinian territory.As the second phase of the fragile US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas began, each side accused the other of failing to abide by the agreement that took effect on October 10.For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.Both the Gaza civil defense agency and Hamas reported on Thursday that strikes on the territory killed at least seven people.The family of a Hamas armed wing commander announced his death in a strike on a house in Deir al-Balah in the center of the territory.The Israeli military, in a statement on Friday, said it had hit “several terrorists, including commanders from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations across the Gaza Strip” on Thursday.The statement said Israel had