The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it had launched airstrikes on Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip hours after rockets were fired by Palestinian militants into the southern Gaza Strip town of Asqalan.
Israeli army spokesman Avikhai Adrayi said Israeli warplanes had attacked several Hamas military targets, adding that the planes targeted weapons factories inside a Hamas military site and three other Hamas military bases in the strip.
“Hamas is responsible for what is happening inside the Gaza Strip,” Adrayi said, adding that Israeli attacks were “in response to last night’s rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into the Asqalan area.”
#instantaneous In response to last night’s rocket launch from Gaza #Gaza Towards the Asqalan region: Israeli army attacks Hamas sites and workshops for weapons production in the Gaza Strip #Gaza >> pic.twitter.com/ds7ibAblpB
– Avichai Adraee (@AvichayAdraee) June 18, 2022
According to the Israeli military, the missile was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The latest missile strike came a day after Israeli Defense Forces declared new defense measures necessary to maintain one of the calmest periods along the Gaza border in recent years, while Hamas warned that it was trying to circumvent it. In a surprise attack the probability is a little more than that. A year later on both sides. .
In May last year, Israel staged a round of clashes with Hamas that lasted 11 days, leaving hundreds dead and wounded.
The rocket was fired at Asqalan a day after the Israeli army reconnaissance balloon crashed in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Lebanon Debate
