The air force, according to times of Israeli bombed a Hamas weapons factory in the Gaza Strip before dawn Thursday after Palestinian terrorists fired a rocket at southern Israel, which was intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system, the army said.
Rocket warning sirens wailed in the town of Sderot and other communities near the Gaza border just after 2:30 a.m. Thursday, sending residents rushing to bomb shelters.
Israeli fighter jets launched a strike on a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in Gaza, responding to the rocket fired from Gaza at Israel overnight and intercepted by the country’s Iron Dome air defence system, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Twitter Thursday. “We hold Hamas responsible for the events transpiring in the Gaza Strip and emanating from it”, the IDF added.
The IDF said a single projectile was fired from Gaza and it was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. There were no reports of injury or damage.
Hamas, the Sunni militant organisation in control of the Gaza Strip, has been embroiled in a protracted conflict with Israel, which continues to refuse to recognise the Palestinian Authority as an independent political and diplomatic entity.
Israel Defense Forces✔@IDF In response to the rocket fired from #Gaza at Israel overnight, IDF fighter jets struck a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in Gaza.
We hold Hamas responsible for the events transpiring in the Gaza Strip and emanating from it.
This was preceded by similar developments last month, when Palestinian militants fired multiple rockets toward Israel, which responded with aerial attacks.
Israel-Hamas Tensions
Tensions between the Israelis and the Palestinians near the Gaza border have been mounting for months. The Israeli authorities have been blaming Hamas for aggressive actions toward Israel.
At the same time, Palestinians are protesting against Israel's reluctance to recognise the Palestinian Authority as a separate political entity.
The two sides were on the brink of war in early May, after militants launched hundreds of rockets toward southern Israel, while the IDF retaliated with a spate of airstrikes at numerous Hamas targets in Gaza. The back and forth attacks left at least 25 Palestinians and four Israelis dead, with Egyptian mediators facilitating a ceasefire on 6 May.
Hamas has been in control of Gaza for over a decade following a conflict with the rival Palestinian political party Fatah, which led to a split of the Palestinian Authority in 2007. Tel Aviv has blamed the group for escalating tensions in recent years.
The IDF said a single projectile was fired from Gaza and it was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. There were no reports of injury or damage.
Israel later announced it had restricted the permitted fishing zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip to 10 nautical miles in response to the rocket fire.
The incident comes a day after an Israeli aircraft fired at and hit an armed Palestinian who approached the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, the military said.
The military said the Palestinian was spotted by IDF observation posts as he neared the security fence in southern Gaza.
The incident comes a day after an Israeli aircraft fired at and hit an armed Palestinian who approached the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, the military said.
The military said the Palestinian was spotted by IDF observation posts as he neared the security fence in southern Gaza.
Hamas, the Sunni militant organisation in control of the Gaza Strip, has been embroiled in a protracted conflict with Israel, which continues to refuse to recognise the Palestinian Authority as an independent political and diplomatic entity.
Israel Defense Forces✔@IDF In response to the rocket fired from #Gaza at Israel overnight, IDF fighter jets struck a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in Gaza.
We hold Hamas responsible for the events transpiring in the Gaza Strip and emanating from it.
The statement comes after the IDF said earlier this month that in retaliating against the launch of rockets from the Gaza Strip, its fighter jets, along with attack helicopters, "struck a number of Hamas terror targets in Gaza".
This was preceded by similar developments last month, when Palestinian militants fired multiple rockets toward Israel, which responded with aerial attacks.
Israel-Hamas Tensions
Tensions between the Israelis and the Palestinians near the Gaza border have been mounting for months. The Israeli authorities have been blaming Hamas for aggressive actions toward Israel.
At the same time, Palestinians are protesting against Israel's reluctance to recognise the Palestinian Authority as a separate political entity.
The two sides were on the brink of war in early May, after militants launched hundreds of rockets toward southern Israel, while the IDF retaliated with a spate of airstrikes at numerous Hamas targets in Gaza. The back and forth attacks left at least 25 Palestinians and four Israelis dead, with Egyptian mediators facilitating a ceasefire on 6 May.
Hamas has been in control of Gaza for over a decade following a conflict with the rival Palestinian political party Fatah, which led to a split of the Palestinian Authority in 2007. Tel Aviv has blamed the group for escalating tensions in recent years.
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