Israel bombed targets of the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip this morning in response to the shooting this Saturday of two projectiles that fell into the sea off the coast of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
“Army fighter jets, helicopters and tanks attacked rocket manufacturing sites and military posts belonging to the terrorist group Hamas, “the Israeli Army said in a statement, in which it detailed that these attacks were in response to rockets previously launched and reiterated its usual position of holding Hamas responsible for any aggression from the enclave.
Security sources in the Strip indicated that no injuries were reported from the Israeli retaliatory attack although severe damage to infrastructure.
After the launch of the two rockets that hit the sea off the coast of Tel Aviv –the first long-distance fired since the May escalation– Palestinian sources quickly warned that it was an error resulting from a technical failure caused by bad weather.
This weekend’s incident is the second since Wednesday, when Israeli Army tanks attacked Hamas military infrastructure in retaliation for shooting, apparently also accidental, that he injured an Israeli working along the border fence.
The day of this Saturday was also especially delicate by the deteriorating health of a Palestinian prisoner, on hunger strike for 139 days against his administrative detention, before which the militias threatened to attack Israel if he did not agree to his immediate release.
“The moment of the explosion is approaching and We will revoke the truce if mediators do not urgently intervene to free the prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash“warned the spokesman for the Islamic Jihad, Daoud Shehab, on the cessation of hostilities that ended an eleven-day military escalation in May last year and that, except for specific episodes, has been maintained until now.
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