The Israeli army said on Saturday that it was preparing to carry out attacks in the Gaza Strip for “a week”, where it has intensified attacks against the armed group Islamic Jihad.
A military spokesman, quoted by France-Presse (AFP), said the army was “preparing for a week-long operation” and “is not currently conducting ceasefire negotiations”, following reports that Egypt is trying to mediate the dialogue between Israel. and Palestine, to calm the situation in the Palestinian enclave, where the exchange of fire continues.
The violence of recent days has already deprived the small piece of land wedged between Egypt, the Mediterranean Sea and Israel and its 2.3 million inhabitants of its only power plant, which has stopped working due to lack of fuel, after the closure of borders.
On one side of the border, the ‘rocket’ alerts continue to sound in the Israeli communities adjacent to the Palestinian territory, and on the other, the city of Gaza is as if paralyzed, between deserted streets and closed businesses.
The Israeli army claims to have attacked sites belonging to Islamic Jihad, and also reports 15 Israeli soldiers killed since Friday.
Gaza authorities report 13 dead, including a five-year-old girl, and more than 100 wounded.
Gaza’s response so far has caused no casualties or damage, as most of the rockets have been intercepted by anti-missile shields, according to the Israeli military.
The armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds Brigades, said on Friday, after firing more than 100 missiles on Israeli soil, that it was only a “first response” to the assassination of one of its leaders, Tayssir Al-Quad. . Jabari, during an Israeli attack.
Source: Observadora
