War in the Gaza Strip: Hamas’s armed wing claims rocket fire at the Kerem Shalom checkpoint

The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, claimed responsibility on Sunday for a rocket attack on Kerem Shalom, the main humanitarian crossing into the Gaza Strip, prompting the Israeli army to close it. Al-Qassam Brigades “targeted enemy forces” in Kerem Abu Salem (Palestinian name for Kerem Shalom) and its surrounding area with “short-range missiles,” the movement said in a statement accompanied by a video of the shooting.

According to Israel’s social media statement

And he continued: “Shortly thereafter, Air Force fighters struck the launcher from which the shells were fired. In addition, US Air Force fighter jets attacked a military structure located in the area of ​​the launch site. »

“The Hamas shooting near the Rafah checkpoint, located approximately 350 meters from civilian shelters, is a clear example of the terrorist organization’s systematic exploitation of humanitarian facilities and facilities and its continued use of the Gaza civilian population as human shields,” he continues. State of Israel on X.