The Israeli Air Force announced that it carried out airstrikes last night (3) and earlier today (4) on areas of the Islamic movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, following the launch of rockets attributed to the Palestinians. Departure to the land of Israel.
On Saturday night, the Israeli military reported that it fired rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip for the first time in a month.
The conflict came as Islamic Jihad, one of the Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip, threatened Israel with retaliation for the killing of two of its leaders in Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
In response, the Israeli army said in a statement early Sunday, “Israeli Defense Forces warplanes attacked a weapons production facility belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas.”
“In addition, the army targeted a Hamas terror tunnel in the south of the Gaza Strip,” the statement said.
Security sources in Gaza reported two attacks south of the 2.3 million-populated enclave, one on a military training camp in Khan Younis and the other on a desolate area near Rafah.
According to Palestinian medical sources, these attacks did not cause any injuries.
At least 49 Palestinians, including fighters and civilians, were killed in the clash between the Israeli army and the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza, which has been under Israeli blockade since 2007, between 5 and 7 August.
With information from AFP.
source: Noticias
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