The Israeli army carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, following attacks by more than thirty rockets fired by Palestinian groups.
According to an Israeli army spokesman, the attack on Hamas positions today came after the Palestinian Islamist formation launched 44 rockets against Israel. He added that one hit a house in Sderot but there were no casualties: 14 fell in an open area, 8 got caught, 12 fell into the sea and 9 into the Gaza Strip. The military has asked residents of the village around the Strip to stay in shelters until further notice.
A new crisis after the clashes that broke out in the squares of mosques in Jerusalem in recent days: Israeli armed forces entered the Masjid al-Aqsa, the third Islamic holy place after Mecca and Medina, just during the Ramadan prayer. Ramadan month
The Palestinian authority had sought Arab League intervention, and Hamas militias responded by increasing rocket attacks and violence against Israeli targets.
New crisis in the Middle East
At around 11:15 p.m., at least three explosions were heard, minutes before the Israeli army announced it was “staging attacks on the Gaza Strip”. According to Palestinian security sources, the attacks targeted three Hamas training camps in Gaza City and another in the center of the Islamist movement-controlled micro-region. According to the Israeli army, 2 tunnels and various Hamas positions were hit in Gaza.
A few hours later, violent explosions occurred near a Palestinian refugee camp in the Tire region of southern Lebanon. According to the Israeli army command, the attacks were aimed at positions of the Islamic group Hamas. Reporting how Israeli aviation hit 10 areas of Hamas, Tel Aviv explains, “The Palestinian movement will not be allowed to operate from within Lebanon.”
This raid is the largest Israel has launched on Lebanese soil since the 2006 war, and it takes place just as Italian defense minister Guido Crosetto is in the land of the cedars.
The United Nations Response Force (UNIFIL), stationed in southern Lebanon, called on “all parties to cease all action” on both sides of the border.
Source: Today IT
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