At least 13 killed in Gaza after heavy Israeli shelling
- May 9, 2023
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At least 13 peopleincluding members of Islamic Jihad, were killed in Gaza and some 20 were injured According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, as a result of
At least 13 peopleincluding members of Islamic Jihad, were killed in Gaza and some 20 were injured According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, as a result of intensive shelling of about 40 aircraft and drones of the Israeli Air Force this morning along the strip.
The Israeli army has confirmed attacks on Palestinian Islamic Jihad (YIP) targets and some of its leaders “responsible for firing missiles at Israel last month”, such as Jalil Baitini, Tarek Az Aldeen and Jahed Ahnam, who were killed, as well as some of their relatives and neighbors, including women and children.
According to the latest count of the Ministry of Health, 13 “martyrs” died as a result of the explosions. including 4 children and 4 women; and 20 injured, including 3 children and 7 women, some in critical condition.
“He was eliminated in a joint operation between the army and the General Security Service, YIP commander in northern Gaza, YIP leader responsible for directing activities in the West Bank from Gaza. and secretary of the military council of the YIP, for their part, pointed out to the Army about Bakhitini, Aldin and Ahnam, respectively.
As explained by the Israeli army, Jahed Ahnam was “one of the most important members of the Islamic Jihad”. who served as the group’s operations commander in southern Gaza and was responsible for coordinating with the Islamist movement Hamas.
Tarek Az Aldin was responsible for coordination between YIP members in Gaza and the occupied West Bank and was supposed to planned “repeated attacks against Israeli civilians”; Bye Khalil Bakhitini He served as commander of JIP operations in northern Gaza and was responsible for attacks launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel over the past month, according to the army.
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The cities of Gaza, north of the strip, and Rafah and Khan Yunis, to the south, were bombed by Israeli aircraft. against the buildings where these high-ranking YIP officials lived, including a residential tower in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza, as well as the military installations of a group that Israel, the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group.
A military spokesman said that the operation, called “Shield and Arrow” It is a response to the firing of more than 100 rockets last week by Palestinian militias from Gaza into Israel in retaliation for the death after an 86-day hunger strike of Palestinian prisoner Jader Adnan, a leading YIP member in the occupied West Bank.
Israel also responded with shelling to these shots, but limited to military purposes and resulted in only one death; but the exchange of fire ceased within 24 hours thanks to an Egyptian-brokered truce.
YIP sources confirmed to the agency EFE What the militants of the group were in two blown up houses rockets launched by Israeli drones, which also damaged numerous infrastructure in the enclave.
Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the DPA in Gaza, expressed regret over the deaths of three leaders in a statement “who were killed in a cowardly Zionist crime at dawn today.”
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“We mourn our martyr leaders along with their wives and several children. We affirm that the blood of the martyrs will increase our strength, we will not retreat from our positions and the resistance will continue,” they added.
Islamist movement gamas, which de facto rules the strip, also mourned the death of these “eminent resistance leaders who were brothers in blood and arms in the Islamic Jihad movement, who were killed by treacherous Zionist forces.”
“Our people and their courageous resistance know how to defeat the enemy and to answer his heinous crime in such a way as to heal the hearts of believers and bring our people closer to the time of liberation from this criminal occupier,” they added.
Israel declares state of emergency 40 kilometers from Gaza
Today, the Israeli army declared a state of emergency 40 kilometers from the Gaza Strip. considering the possibility that the Palestinian militias of the strip will launch rockets in response to heavy bombardment this morning.
That is why Israeli citizens in the area surrounding the Palestinian enclave were ordered stay close to your assigned shelter and classes were suspended in schools throughout the area, including the cities of Ashkelon, Ashod and Beersheba in southern Israel.
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In Ashkelon and Ashod, on the shore, the beaches were closed to the public, as well as access roads; while Soroka Hospital in Beersheba began transferring patients to fortified areas.
Israel Prepares for ‘Any Scenario’told the agency EFE military spokesman, which could mean several days of escalating fighting with Palestinian militias in Gaza, similar to what happened with Islamic Jihad in August last year or with JIP and Hamas in May 2021, resulting in more than 200 Palestinian deaths. and about twenty from the Israeli side.
Faced with the possibility of another escalation, Defense Secretary Yoav Galant gave the green light this morning “recruitment of reservists for positions required in various formations, according to the needs of the army,” his office said.
Army spokesman Daniel Hagari later clarified that “several hundred” reservists will be called up during the day, most of the Air Force Southern Command, as well as intelligence units.
The Erez and Kerem Shalom checkpoints, which allow the passage of people and goods between Israel and the Gaza Strip, they will also remain closed while the state of emergency is in effect.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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