Violence Continues for Israel and Militants GAZA - Cross-border violence between Israel and militant groups in Gaza continued Saturday, as Israeli airstrikes that began Friday afternoon killed several more Palestinian militants and militant groups fired scores of rockets into southern Israel, breaking months of relative calm. At least 13 Palestinians have died in the airstrikes. At least 10 of the dead belonged to the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the group said in a statement. Mourners at a funeral procession on Saturday fired into the air as they made their way from a hospital in central Gaza City to Shejaeya, a neighborhood where many of the dead fighters had lived. They chanted, "No free hudna from now on" and "We will not accept the degrading hudna," referring to the fragile truce with Israel that has been largely observed by Hamas, the larger Islamic group that controls Gaza. Hamas often presses smaller militant groups to refrain from firing rockets at Israel. A spokesman for Islamic Jihad's armed wing who is known as Abu Ahmad said, "We will not accept a truce in exchange for our deaths." The Israeli military says that it is not seeking an escalation of violence in the region, but that it will act forcefully to protect Israeli citizens. The sudden flare-up of hostilities began Friday when Israeli air-to-ground missiles killed the leader of one of the militant groups, the Popular Resistance Committees, and his assistant in Gaza. Israel said that the strike on the men's car had been timed to thwart a terrorist attack that the group was planning against Israelis from across the border with Egypt. Militants in Gaza retaliated by firing barrages of rockets into southern Israel, and the Israeli Air Force struck back at numerous rocket-firing squads and facilities used by the militant groups. The exchanges continued, albeit with less intensity, through Saturday. Witnesses said that pilotless drones over Gaza were responsible for most of the strikes against militants and that the strikes occurred as the fighters were launching rockets, or just after they had fired them. The Israeli military said that more than 90 rockets were launched from Gaza on Friday and Saturday and that more than 65 fell in Israeli territory, mostly landing in open areas. The Iron Dome antirocket missile defense system of Israel managed to intercept 25 rockets that were heading for cities in the south, the authorities said. A Thai worker was critically hurt by the rocket fire on Friday night, and several other people suffered slight injuries.