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Rockets fired at Gaza border towns following clashes inside Al-Aqsa Mosque
2023-04-05
[IsraelTimes] IDF says 9 projectiles launched by bandidos murderous Moslems in Strip, causing no injuries but damaging factory in Sderot; soldier maimed in shooting attack near Hebron, is taken to the hospital

Terrorists in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip fired rockets at several towns in southern Israel early Wednesday morning, following festivities between police and Paleostinians inside the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Hours later, an Israeli soldier was maimed in a suspected shooting near the West Bank city of Hebron, amid heightened Israeli-Paleostinian tensions during Ramadan and the start of Passover.

The launches set off alert systems in Sderot and a number of nearby communities. Around 20 minutes later, further warning sirens sounded at a kibbutz in the area.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, five projectiles were launched in the initial salvo, four of which were intercepted by air defense systems. The military said four more rockets were fired shortly after, all of which fell in open areas.

The Sderot Municipality said one of the rockets struck a factory in the industrial area, causing damage. There were no reports of injuries.

In response, Paleostinian media reported Wednesday morning that Israeli forces struck targets in Gaza, after which sirens were again triggered in a number of southern communities. There was no immediate confirmation of the strikes from the IDF.

Prior to the sirens, the Gaza-ruling Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, terror group denounced the police’s actions at the flashpoint Jerusalem holy site as "an unprecedented crime" and urged Paleostinians "to go en masse to the al-Aqsa Mosque to defend it." People started gathering in the streets, with calls to head for the heavily guarded Gaza-Israel frontier for more violent mostly peaceful demonstrations.

Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
, another Gaza-based terrorist organization, similarly called for Paleostinian residents of Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Israel to go and gather around the mosque and confront Israeli forces.

Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....
’s front man warned Israel against "crossing red lines" at holy sites, saying this could trigger a "big explosion."

"We hold the occupation government fully responsible for any deterioration, and it must act responsibly and stop this absurdity, which will have dangerous consequences for everyone," Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement carried by the Ramallah-based PA’s official Wafa news agency.

Jordan, which controls the body that administers the Temple Mount, also denounced Israel, accusing police of "storming" al-Aqsa and assaulting worshippers. Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
’s foreign ministry issued a condemnation that used nearly identical language.

"The foreign ministry calls on Israel to immediately withdraw its police and special forces from the compound," the Jordanian statement said.

According to police, dozens of masked youths barricaded themselves inside the mosque atop the Temple Mount with fireworks, clubs and rocks following evening prayers, while locking the doors and placing barricades at the entrances.
That sounds like the work of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, the militant arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel. They regularly hole up in the Al Aqsa mosque with a stockpile of rocks and so forth for using to attack Jews who venture on to the platform or pray at the Wailing Wall below.
The force said in a statement that officers tried to convince those inside to leave but were ultimately forced to enter the mosque, where they were attacked with rocks and fireworks.

Police added that dozens of suspects were arrested and that "the rioters caused damage to the mosque and desecrated it."

During the festivities, an officer was struck in the leg by a rock, according to police, who did not provide any details on his condition. Paleostinian reports said dozens were maimed, many of them apparently from smoke inhalation.

"Unfortunately at the same time many police are working to allow freedom of worship while maintaining security, the law and [public] order... There are those who choose to riot and disturb public order. These same rioters are first and foremost harming the Moslem public which comes to pray at the mosque," the police statement said.

The violence at the mosque came after officers shot and maimed a 15-year-old Paleostinian boy in the nearby Silwan neighborhood late Tuesday. Police said the teenager was among a group of suspects who threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at a security vehicle, with officers opening fire after they tried to open one of the car’s doors.

The suspect was in stable, pH balanced condition and taken to the hospital for treatment, according to police.

In the shooting near Hebron, the military said the soldier was taken to a hospital in Jerusalem after being struck by gunfire during festivities between troops and Paleostinians in the village of Beit Ummar. No word was given on his condition.

The IDF said troops were searching the area for suspects.

The Moslem holy month of Ramadan, which began last week and will end April 21, often sees elevated Israeli-Paleostinian tensions, with frictions already high this year in Jerusalem and across the West Bank following months of deadly violence.

Paleostinian terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank in recent months have left 15 Israelis dead and several more seriously hurt.

At least 86 Paleostinians have been killed since the beginning of the year, most of them while carrying out attacks or during festivities with security forces.
Related:
Northern Branch: 2023-03-26 Police remove dozens of Palestinians from Temple Mount, suspecting them of planning violence
Northern Branch: 2023-01-07 Two Palestinians, Arab Israeli teen arrested over alleged terror bombing plot
Northern Branch: 2023-01-01 Police rescue Palestinian kidnapped and held for ransom in Israel; suspects arrested
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