The Israeli military announced that it had carried out air strikes on Gaza early on February 2, just hours after it intercepted a rocket launched from the Palestinian territory.
In an announcement at 02:41 (local time), Israeli army confirm “attacking on Gaza.”
More rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip after the strike and there were loud explosions in Gaza City at 3:15 a.m. local time.
According to local security sources and eyewitnesses, the air strike Israel’s first hit a training center of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.
The center is located in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the heart of the Gaza Strip.
The second strike hit the al-Qassam Brigade’s training center southwest of Gaza City.
After the first strike, witnesses said two more rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, while several more were launched from different locations.
The People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) armed group claimed to have carried out a series of rocket launches in response to an Israeli air strike and “aggression” against the Gaza Strip.
On the Israeli side, the military said sirens sounded in the southern Israeli town of Sderot near the Gaza Strip.
There have been no reports of serious casualties so far.
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The above moves take place in the context of Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at its most dangerous point in years, with successive violent incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem that have left dozens dead.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a recent visit to the region urged the two sides to avoid moves that would increase tensions, and emphasized Washington’s support for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict between Israel. and Palestine.
Currently, US diplomats in the region are working to help promote negotiations to reach a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian tension.
Hoang Chau (VNA/Vietnam+)