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Israeli jets strike Gaza seaport, Hamas tunnel
2018-05-23
Consequences.
[IsraelTimes] Army says sorties in response to cross-border raid in which Paleostinians sneaked across fence and set sniper post on fire

Israeli planes bombed several sites throughout the Gazoo Strip early Wednesday morning, including a seaport west of Gazoo City and a tunnel used by Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",, the IDF said.

The military said the strikes were carried out in response to an incident earlier in the day in which Gazooks sneaked across the border and destroyed an Israeli sniper’s nest.

"A few minutes ago, our warplanes struck underground terror infrastructure used by Hamas in the north of the Gazoo Strip and two targets belonging to Hamas’s naval forces," the army said in a statement at 4:30 a.m.

Paleostinians had reported on kabooms at Hamas sites in the central and northern Strip.

A news site affiliated with Hamas said six missiles hit a facility belonging to the terror group in Jabaliya in the northern Strip.

Paleostinians also said Gazoo’s small seaport was targeted, with at least two fishing boats destroyed and parts of the facility on fire.

Sources claimed three missiles targeted the site, two from the east and one from off the coast.

There was no immediate word on casualties.

The raid came hours after an Israeli tank fired on a Hamas observation post in response to a cross-border raid in which Gazooks cut through the fence and set an IDF tent used by snipers on fire.

Video from the Tuesday incident aired by al-Jazeera and apparently filmed by one of the infiltrators with a body cam showed approximately 10 people taking part in the raid before sneaking back undetected.

With few exceptions, Israel holds the Hamas terrorist group, which rules Gazoo, responsible for all violence that emanates from the coastal enclave, regardless of who carries it out.

Tensions along the Gazoo border have been high since March 30, which marked the start of a series of violent protests along the security fence, known collectively as the "March of Return."

Though the past weekend was the quietest since the weekly riots began eight weeks ago, the military has remained on high alert in the area out of concern the situation.
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