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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked on Wednesday various positions of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip after they announced “successful interception” of five missiles
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked on Wednesday various positions of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip after they announced “successful interception” of five missiles launched from the enclave towards the south of Israel in the context of growing tensions in connection with the operation of the Israeli army in the city of Jenin in the West Bank.
“Recently, fighter jets attacked an underground facility for arms production which is used by the chemical department of the terrorist organization Hamas and the site of production of raw materials for the organization’s rockets,” the IDF said in a statement.
The Israeli authorities stated that “This attack represents damage to the organization’s capacity” Hamas, in order to “strengthen and arm”, assuring that the movement “is responsible for what is happening in Gaza:” (Hamas) will pay for violations of the security of the State of Israel, “they say.
A few hours earlier, the Israeli army had reported that “five launches were detected from the Gaza Strip on the territory of the State of Israel”stating that “air defense systems successfully intercepted all launches”.
In a previous publication, the IDF announced alert activation in the city of Sderot and around Gaza. There were no reports of casualties or property damage.
Photo: Reuters
The launch came just hours after the Israeli army announced withdrawal from the city of Jenin in the West Bankwhere he carried out a military operation to “eradicate terrorism” from the Palestinian militias.
“The forces that operated in the Jenin camp left and The army has returned to its normal activities in Judea and Samaria (West Bank).”confirmed to the agency EFE military spokesman about the end of Operation Home and Garden, which lasted about 48 hours, after all its tasks were completed.
Israel justified the operation as “widespread counter-terrorism efforts” aimed at nullifying the military capability of the Jenin Brigade. – which brings together militias of all factions in the area, created a year ago – and, according to Israeli authorities, is the “main hotbed of terrorism” in the West Bank.
This operation resulted in at least twelve Palestinians killed and one hundred wounded, in addition to the death of an Israeli soldier.
When the troops left the battlefield, an Israeli soldier, a non-commissioned officer of the elite Egoz squad, died from a shot while securing a retreatidentified as Staff Sergeant David Yehuda Yitzhak, 23, resident of the settlement of Beit El.
Photo: Reuters
The raid on the countryside of Jenin, a historic stronghold of the Palestinian militia movement, involved ground forces and aviation for the first time in almost two decadesmaking it the largest in the West Bank occupied since the Second Intifada (2000–2005).
In the early morning some residents of the Jenin refugee camp began to return to their homes after about 3,000 people were evacuated during an operation to escape the violence in the camp, which was completely destroyed, with no electricity or water supply.
On the Palestinian side, Prime Minister Mohamad Shtayyeh noted that “Those who have the right to defend themselves are the Palestinians”. “The Israeli army is an occupying army that stormed the refugee camp, arrested and killed innocent people, and Palestinian land is occupied land,” he said.
Gaza had already experienced a military escalation last May for five days. which clashed with Israel and Islamic Jihad – without the direct involvement of Hamas – in which 34 Gazans died in the enclave and two people in Israel, one of them a Palestinian.
(According to information from EFE And Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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