Rain of rockets from Gaza, raid by Israel

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The clash between Israel and the Palestinians continues. During the night, Hamas launched a heavy offensive with rockets from Gaza towards Israel, in particular towards the center and south of the country. On Twitter, the Israeli army gave an account of the fear among civilians: “Men, women, children and the elderly are currently in shelters”. “Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at central and southern Israel tonight,” the army account tweeted again showing a photo of the sky lit by rockets and anti-aircraft and stressing that Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system helps “to keep Israel’s skies safe. ”


Since the beginning of the new escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 2,900 rockets have been launched from Gaza towards Israel. Of these, 450 did not cross the territory of the Gaza Strip due to manufacturing or launch defects and another 1,150 were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome anti-aircraft defense system. This was announced by the spokesman for the Israeli army, adding that, in the last 24 hours alone, Israel has hit “90 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza”.

A series of heavy shelling by the Israeli army “Yesterday we targeted a major Hamas military intelligence base in Gaza’s Al Jala Tower,” he wrote in a Twitter post explaining the reasons. the destruction of the media tower in Gaza, where the local newsrooms of the Associated Press agency and Al Jazeera were also based.

According to the Israeli army, “information for attacks on Israel” was collected at the base housed in the tower, weapons were produced and equipment was placed to obstruct army operations. “We warned civilians in the building of our attack concerned for their safety and gave them enough time to evacuate the building safely. Hamas and Islamic Jihad used this time to get their belongings out of the building.” But, the army adds, “we were willing to pay that price in order not to harm any civilians”.

“Hamas chooses to hide among civilians while carrying out attacks on Israel. This choice does not guarantee Hamas terrorists immunity from Israeli army attacks. We will continue to work to defend the people of Israel,” concludes the three-part tweet posted. This morning.

“God help the people of Gaza. In the last 45 minutes the heaviest bombing near the building with our UNRWA offices.” Thus, around 1 tonight, Matthias Schmale, director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa), gave an account of the massive Israeli attack on Gaza City which also touched the headquarters of the UN agency.

In the night, alarm sirens are sounded in Tel Aviv and surrounding cities, to signal incoming rockets. The alarms, reported the Times of Israel, were also raised in Ashdod, Ashkelon and the West Bank. Several missiles, the Times of Israel reported, were intercepted by the ‘Iron Dome’ anti-missile defense system, which in the meantime went into action. There is currently no news of victims as a result of the new attack. But, according to the IDF’s Twitter account, the Israeli armed forces, “Hamas has launched a heavy barrage of rockets from Gaza towards central and southern areas of Israel. Men, women, children and the elderly are in shelters for protect yourself from rockets fired at them “. A few hours earlier, Hamas had issued a warning that it would renew rocket launches in central Israel after midnight local time. As a result, the Israeli Air Force launched an intense series of air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Israel does not currently intend to stop the military offensive against Hamas. The ongoing operation will continue “for the time necessary”, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu thanked US President Joe Biden for his firm support and stressed that Israel is doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties. Speaking of Arab violence in Israel, Netanyahu used the term “terrorism” and warned that “anyone who acts as a terrorist will be treated as such”. “We expect difficult days, but we will be united and strong,” Netanyahu said. “We must remember and tell ourselves this: we are right and we cannot come to terms with this terror, with this ferocity, with this violence,” he added in a statement reported by the Times of Israel. The Israeli prime minister urges the population to stay close to the air raid shelters.

The various initiatives to stop the hostilities were rejected by the Israeli leadership. “This is not the time for a ceasefire. We continue,” reported an Israeli government source, quoted by Channel 12. According to the source, discussions for a possible truce are postponed until next week.

Yesterday afternoon, Israeli forces destroyed the Al Jalaa tower in Gaza City, a tall building where several media outlets were based, including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press news agency. Times of Israel showed a video of the building crumbling into a cloud of dust. Israeli forces had warned the occupants of the building an hour in advance of the attack. There was also a warning with the ‘roof knocking’ system, i.e. a rocket against the roof that did not cause serious damage.

According to the Israeli army, the building also contained “military resources” used by Hamas intelligence, accused of “hiding behind” the offices of the international press using information workers “as human shields”. “The terrorist group Hamas intentionally places its military assets in the heart of the civilian population in Gaza,” a statement read. I a second statement, the IDF explained that in addition to being used by the Hamas military intelligence research and development unit, the building housed other offices of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. According to the IDF, the Hamas unit has been responsible for numerous “acts of sabotage” against Israel and is in possession of the “most valuable technology” available to Hamas.

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