Marco Rubio says Israel has not surrendered its right to self-defence as part of the ceasefire deal. Photo: AP PHOTO

Washington does not view a strike that Israel says targeted a member of a Palestinian militant group in Gaza as a violation of a US-backed ceasefire, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.

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Israel said it struck a member of the Islamic Jihad group on Saturday, accusing the individual of planning to attack Israeli troops.

Islamic Jihad denied it was planning an attack.

"We don't view that as a violation of the ceasefire," Rubio said aboard President Donald Trump's pl

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