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2022-04-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF strikes Hamas sites in pair of overnight raids in response to Gaza rocket fire
[israelTimes] In largest exchange of fire since 2021 war, IDF says it targeted Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, military post, terror tunnel, underground rocket manufacturing site, compound used by air defense force

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...
terror groups fired two rounds of rockets at southern Israel late Wednesday and early Thursday, with each drawing a separate IDF response in what amounted to the largest exchange of fire since last May’s 11-day war.

The first launch from Gaza came at around 10:30 p.m., with shrapnel from the rocket striking a parked car and a wall near a home in the city of Sderot. Hundreds of ball bearings that were loaded into the rocket were found at the scene.

Less than three hours later, the IDF said it responded with Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in central Gaza targeting a military post as well as a tunnel complex "containing raw chemicals used for the manufacturing of rocket engines." The IDF claimed its strike marked a significant blow to the rocket production process in Gaza.

For the second time this week, the IDF said that Hamas targeted its jets with anti-aircraft missiles during the raid.

Shortly after 2:00 a.m., Gaza murderous Moslems launched a second salvo of rockets — this time consisting of more than one projectile.

The Iron Dome missile defense system managed to intercept all four rockets, according to the army.

The salvo was followed by additional Red Alert sirens in Gaza border towns, which the IDF later said were triggered by gunfire — consistent with earlier Paleostinian media reports on button men in the Strip shooting at Israeli aircrafts.

The army said it responded to the rocket salvo as well as the earlier anti-aircraft missile fire by striking a compound used by Hamas’s air defense force.

No Israelis were directly injured by the rocket fire, but two people were lightly maimed in falls that took place while running to bomb shelters. Both were evacuated to nearby hospitals for further treatment, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.

No Gaza group immediately took responsibility for either of the night’s launches, as had been the case after the week’s first rocket launch on Monday evening. However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
several media reports citing Israeli security officials pegged Hamas-rival 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...
as responsible for the Monday rocket fire.

Regardless, the IDF responded to the week’s first rocket launch with an air raid targeting a number of Hamas military sites in Gaza, including one used by Hamas to manufacture weapons.

The army said in its early Thursday statement that it holds Hamas responsible for what takes place in the Gaza Strip, sticking to its long-held justification for targeting posts belonging to the enclave-ruling group in response to rocket fire, regardless of whether its fighters were behind the launches or not.

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasim said early Thursday that "the bombing of Gaza will increase the persistence of our people and its resistance to continue the struggle and escalate support and aid for our people in Jerusalem."

This week’s rocket attacks ended an almost four-month period of quiet on the Gaza border. Wednesday’s rocket fire came at the tail-end of a tension-filled day in Jerusalem, where Israeli nationalists were prevented by police from marching through the Old City’s Damascus Gate, a popular gathering point for Paleostinians in East Jerusalem. Hamas had threatened to attack if the march went ahead.

Recent days have seen violent mostly peaceful festivities between Paleostinian rioters and police on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, leading to the injury of dozens of Paleostinians and several coppers.

Hamas and other Gaza-based terror groups have repeatedly invoked the flashpoint holy site as a red line. Police actions to quell riots there last year were among the triggers of an 11-day war in Gaza last May.

IDF says failed Gaza rocket launch triggered 5:30 a.m. Red Alert siren

[IsraelTimes] The IDF says a rocket launch from 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...
that fell inside the enclave is what triggered Red Alert sirens in an open area near an Israeli town bordering the Strip.
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