Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip fired several rockets at Israel on Friday in response to a series of earlier Israeli army attacks on Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) targets that killed at least ten people.
The rockets have triggered anti-aircraft alarms in many Israeli cities, both in the communities bordering Gaza and in the center of the country, and mark the first armed response since Israel’s large-scale air offensive.
Although the army Israel has not yet reported how many rockets were fired at its territory or how many of them were intercepted by its air defense systems, alarms sounded almost continuously in several places in different parts of the south and center of the country.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced launches, while there are no clear indications that the Islamist movement Hamaswho controls The loopjoined the armed response.
No casualties after rocket launch
Israel’s emergency services reported that they have not yet received reports of casualties from the missile attack and have not yet received information about possible hits in Israeli settlements. Israel.
This happens a few hours after Israel launch a “preemptive” offensive against YIP targets in the Gaza Strip The loop, resulting in the death of the second number of the Taysir al-Jabari group. In addition, three other Jihad members were killed in the attacks, the group said in a statement.
Bombardment Israel They spread throughout Gaza and hit both military observation posts, the alleged location where the rockets were fired from, and a residential building in Gaza. The loop The capital city where, according to Palestinian sources, the offices of the media and non-governmental organizations are located.
attacks Israeli army in Gaza, they continued even after the rockets were launched, and also reached facilities allegedly used by the jihad to produce and stockpile weapons.
It’s offensive, baptized Israel as Operation Dawn Rising, a military spokesman described it as a “preemptive strike” following the “imminent threat” of a PIJ attack on Israeli civilians.
Tensions in the area began on Monday following the arrest by Israeli security forces of a senior member of the Jihad in West Coast busy.
Since then, the authorities have stepped up security measures in case of a possible retaliatory attack, and today they have expanded them even more, including the evacuation of residents of settlements near The loopthe mobilization of thousands of reserve soldiers and the opening of anti-aircraft shelters throughout the country.
(As reported by EFE)
Images of Israel conducting airstrikes in Gaza and Iron Dome intercepting rockets from Palestinian militia | Font: AFP
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