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2020-10-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Another terror tunnel crossing dozens of meters into Israel from Gaza, Gaza rocket stopped by Iron Dome, Israel bombs Khan Younis in response
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IDF hits Hamas-linked subterranean site after Gaza rocket fire
[IsraelTimes] Military says projectile intercepted by Iron Dome system; exchange follows uncovering of attack tunnel from Paleostinian enclave that reached into Israeli territory

Israel struck a subterranean site linked to 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...
’s Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, rulers, the military said late Tuesday, after Paleostinian holy warriors in the coastal enclave fired a rocket toward Israeli territory.

The rocket, which was intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system, was launched hours after the military announced it had uncovered an attack tunnel emerging from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis that reached dozens of meters into Israel.

"IDF fighter jets and attack helicopters attacked underground infrastructure of the Hamas terror group in the southern Gaza Strip," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. "The attack was in response to the firing of a rocket launched from the territory of the Gaza Strip to Israeli territory earlier this evening."

The Hamas-linked website al-Resalah said the strikes targeted Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah in central Gaza. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

No group in Gaza grabbed credit for firing the rocket, which set off warning sirens in the border area.

Video from a security camera shared on social media appeared to show an Iron Dom missile being launched to intercept the rocket.

According to the IDF, military engineers located the concrete-lined tunnel from Gaza after an "indication" from the barrier system whose installation is being completed on the border.

"The route [of the tunnel] was located as part of the ongoing efforts to find and neutralize tunnels and thanks to the technological and [intelligence] collection capabilities of the barrier," the IDF said in a statement.

The military said the tunnel did not penetrate Israel’s new underground barrier and did not pose a threat to communities in the area.

The statement did not specify who dug and built the tunnel, but the IDF reiterated it holds Hamas responsible as the Paleostinian enclave’s ruler.

The discovery of the tunnel came as tensions with the Strip have ramped up amid ongoing threats by Paleostinian 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...
and other terror groups in the Strip to exact Dire Revenge should a hunger-striking security prisoner held by Israel die. Maher al-Akhras, who has not eaten for 86 days, is suspected by Israel of being a PIJ operative.

On Monday morning, the official Paleostinian news outlet SAFA reported that al-Akhras was in very serious condition as a result of his hunger strike.

On Friday night, at least one rocket was fired at southern Israel from the Strip, striking an open field where it caused neither damage nor injury. The IDF did not immediately retaliate, but a defense official said the matter would not go unanswered.

Last week, Channel 12 reported that Israel and Hamas had reached a truce agreement mediated by Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
that will see quiet on the southern border for a period of six months. As part of the agreement, Qatar will transfer $100 million to Hamas in a deal coordinated with Doha by Mossad head Yossi Cohen, alongside the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), according to the report.

However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
according to a Channel 13 report Tuesday, Qatar will only give $60 million to Gaza through the end of the year.

Mohammad al-Emadi, Qatar’s envoy to Gaza, has regularly visited Gaza in recent years with Israeli approval, bringing funds to the Strip for purchasing fuel, paying civil servants and helping Gaza’s poor. The most recent round of funds was set to run out within weeks, Channel 12 said.

Tunnel diggers could be heard until night before discovery — report
[IsraelTimes] The Kan broadcaster reports that voices could still be heard Monday night inside a tunnel the military discovered running from Gaza into Israel.

According to the report, the voices set off an underground system meant to block tunnels or alert authorities to their existence.

However, the IDF seemingly knew about the tunnel hours earlier on Monday, though it attempted to act coy by only referring to an “engineering operation” on the Gaza border.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz writes in a tweet that the tunnel was only discovered this morning.

“Even when it seems quiet in the south, under the ground terror groups are not letting up their efforts to hurt Israel’s citizens and its sovereignty,” he says.
Posted by Fred 2020-10-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ]  Top
 File under: Hamas 

#1 I wonder how long the Israelis were watching, letting Hamas commit effort and single-use resources before they put a stop to it? Qatar should be annoyed at such a waste of their generous donation. Iran ditto.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-10-21 02:36||   2020-10-21 02:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Back to normal.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-10-21 03:54||   2020-10-21 03:54|| Front Page Top

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