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| IDF tank strikes 2 Hamas posts after cross-border attacks |
| 2019-03-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] Arson device from Strip lands in open field in Eshkol region; in separate case, explosive detonates in Sha’ar Hanegev, causing neither injury nor damage. An Israeli tank targeted two Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, posts along the Gazoo border on Sunday night, following a number of cross-border attacks throughout the day, the military said. "An Israel Defense Forces tank attacked a military post belonging to the Hamas terror group in the northern Gazoo Strip, in response to bombs that were thrown [at the security fence] and balloons carrying bombs that were launched throughout the evening," the army said in a statement. A short while later, the military said it had conducted a second tank strike on a Hamas post in response to continued border violence. There were no immediate reports of Paleostinian injuries, but the Strip’s Red Islamic Thingy emergency medical service said one of their ambulances was damaged in the IDF’s first strike. On Sunday afternoon, a shepherd was lightly injured by a balloon-borne incendiary device flown, into southern Israel from the Gazoo Strip, local authorities said. The object landed in an open field in the Eshkol region. It was at least the second such device of the day to touch down in Israel from the Strip, following a particularly violent Saturday night along the Gazoo border. The Bedouin shepherd who was standing nearby sustained burns to his hand, an Eshkol spokesperson said, calling for people to contact security officials in such cases. He was taken to Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center and treated before being released home, a hospital spokesperson said. The incident was one of the few cases of a person being directly injured by the thousands of incendiary and bombs that have been launched into southern Israel from the Gazoo Strip over the past year. A short while later, an bomb that was also apparently flown into southern Israel from the Gazoo Strip detonated in a community in the Sha’ar Hanegev region. The blast caused neither injury nor damage, a regional spokesperson said. "An kaboom was heard in one of the communities in the region. Following a search, the site of the blast was found," Sha’ar Hanegev said in a statement. The bomb appeared to have been sent into the community by a cluster of balloons from the Gazoo Strip, but this had yet to be confirmed, the regional spokesperson said. On Sunday morning, a suspected bomb landed in a field in the nearby Sha’ar Hanegev region. A police sapper was called to the scene to remove the object, which was flown into Israel from Gazoo by a cluster of balloons. The device caused neither injuries nor damage, a Sha’ar Hanegev spokesperson said. On Saturday night, Israeli military aircraft bombed Hamas targets in Gazoo after a rocket alarm sounded in some Israeli communities bordering the Strip, triggered by a powerful improvised bomb thrown at the border during late-night riots. A Paleostinian was killed by Israeli fire during the festivities early Sunday, authorities in the Strip said. The 24-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest and two others were maimed, the Hamas-run health ministry said. There was no immediate comment or confirmation by the Israel Defense Forces. The military said aircraft struck two Hamas reconnaissance posts in response to "the multitude of bombs that were thrown and went kaboom!during the night." Nighttime riots in Gazoo have been led by so-called "confusion units" organized by the Hamas terror group, the Strip’s de facto ruler. On Saturday, the units said they would step up activities, with a week of nightly riots from 7 p.m. until dawn along the border, and more airborne incendiary devices launched into Israel. |
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