 An umbrella group representing armed factions in Gaza, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility on May 2 for rockets fired into Israel following the death of a Palestinian hunger striker. The joint command mourns the martyr enclaims' responsibility for bombarding the so-called settlements near Gaza by salvos of rockets in an initial response to this heinous crime, a statement issued by the group said. Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Qatir Adnan died earlier on Tuesday in Israeli custody after an 87-day hunger strike, authorities said, the first such fatality in more than three decades. Adnan, who was awaiting trial, was found unconscious in his cell and taken to a hospital where he was declared dead after efforts to revive him, Israel's prison service said. He had refused any medical assessments or treatment, it added.