Israel, Gaza Palestinian militias resume exchanging fire after night of calm

The Army of Israel and Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip resumed the exchange of fire on Thursday, with Israeli shelling and rockets launched into the area of Jerusalemafter a calm night, in the middle of an escalation that has left 32 dead since Tuesday, 31 in the enclave.

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“Warplanes attacked four military posts belonging to the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad in Gaza. One of the military posts was used by the commander of the rafah brigade of group. Another aircraft also hit a mortar launcher in the southern Strip.”, reported a military spokesman.

The Army also indicated that the Jihad launched rockets again and “in response” Israeli aviation attacked the area from where they were fired, in the south of the Stripe.

On the Israeli side, the sirens sounded after 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT) in the towns of Netiv HaAssara, Sdeh Avraham, Holit, Nir Itzhak, Sufa and Yehuda, all close to the border with Loopand its inhabitants took refuge in bunkers.

Shortly after the alerts sounded in towns like Bet Shemesh or the Jewish settlement of Gush Etzion -in west bank busy-, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalemin the center of Israel.

“The Palestinian resistance launched a two-phase missile attack on occupied Jerusalem and Tel Avivand other enemy cities and settlements in response to the killings and continued aggression against the Palestinian people“, confirm the Islamic Jihad.

A rocket fell on a house in the city of sderotalthough it left no victims, and police explosive disposal teams are looking for other impacts in the region of Lakish “quickly and efficiently to isolate danger areas”said a police spokesman.

Until this morning, the Palestinian militias had launched 866 projectiles in this escalation that today enters its fourth day of fire, of which 672 crossed into Israeli territory, according to Army data.

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The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuis meeting with his Security Cabinet to “a new evaluation”his spokesman said.

This exchange of fire occurs after a night of absolute calm, after an intense exchange of fire throughout the day on Thursday.

The day ended with an Israeli shelling shortly before midnight (20:50 GMT) on the Gaza Stripfrom where the Palestinian militias, led this time by the JEEPthe rocket fire ceased around 10:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. GMT).

Rumors of a ceasefire, mediated by Egyptthe UN and Tastehave been circulating since yesterday, but both parties to the conflict assure that the negotiations became “very difficult”, apparently due to the Israeli refusal to stop the assassinations of high-ranking YIP commanders, considered terrorist by Israel, USA and the European Union.

This war escalation began on Tuesday, when Israel activated the operation “shield and Arrow” with the targeted assassination of three YIP leaders –Jalil Baitini, Tareq Az Aldin and Jahed Ahnam- in intense bombardments that lasted for three days, also killing yesterday Ali Ghali and Ahmad Abu Daqqacommander and deputy commander of the group’s rocket unit.

A total of 31 people have died in the Gaza Strip, of which at least 15 were civilians including 6 children, and 106 were injured, according to the count of the Ministry of Health of the enclave, where 2.5 million people live under blockade. Israel’s military since 2007 and governed by the Islamist Hamas movement.

On the Israeli side, one person was killed and five others were injured Thursday in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, when a rocket hit a residential building. During the three days of escalation, another handful of people were injured or had nervous breakdowns in Israel.

Source: Elcomercio

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