Jerusalem (CNN) A senior commander of Gaza Strip militant group Islamic Jihad was among ten people killed in Israeli air strikes on Tuesday, according to Palestinian Health Ministry officials.

And in Damascus, Syria says an Israeli air strike killed at least two people including the son of Islamic Jihad leader, Akram al-Ajouri.

The developments serve to escalate significantly tensions between Israel and Gaza militants. Baha Abu al-Ata was killed in an overnight strike on a house in Shajaiyah, in Gaza City. His wife Asma Abu Al-Ata was also killed, as well as four others belonging to Islamic Jihad's armed wing the Quds Brigade.

Forty-five people were injured in airstrikes, some seriously, Palestinian Ministry of Health officials said.

Mourners carry the body of Baha Abu Al-Ata during his funeral in Gaza City on November 12.

Abu al-Ata was responsible for rocket fire from Gaza in recent months, the Prime Minister's Office said shortly after the strike, as well as planning numerous other attacks against Israel.

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