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| 2019-05-02 |
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Two rockets fired into Israel from Gaza after IAF strikes Hamas targets [IsraelTimes] No injuries in attack; IDF raids came in response to wave of arson balloons that sparked brushfires in Eshkol region. Paleostinian snuffies in the Gazoo Strip launched at least two rockets into southern Israel early Thursday, the military said. The projectiles fell in an open area, and no injuries were reported. The rocket fire came after Israeli aircraft bombed a Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", base in the northern Gazoo Strip around 3:30 a.m. Thursday in retaliation for a wave of balloon-borne incendiary devices that were launched into Israel from the Strip the day before, which sparked at least two fires. "Earlier today, explosive and arson balloons were launched from the Gazoo Strip," the army said. "In response, overnight, an IDF fighter jet and an IDF aircraft struck a number of terror targets in a Hamas military compound in the northern Gazoo Strip." The Israel Defense Forces said it held Hamas, the de facto ruler of Gazoo, responsible for all violence emanating from the Strip. There were no immediate reports of Paleostinian injuries. At 5:37 a.m., warning sirens sounded in the communities of Alumim and Nahal Oz in the Sha’ar Hanegev region. The IDF said it had detected at least two launches into Israel. A spokesperson for the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council said the rockets apparently landed in open fields and caused no injuries. The Israeli Air Force strikes came after two brushfires broke out in the southern Eshkol region on Wednesday night, caused by an incendiary device from the Gazoo Strip, the fire department said. The arson attacks came amid heightened tensions between Israel and terror groups in the Strip, after a rocket was launched from the coastal enclave, landing several kilometers off shore on Monday night. Throughout the day, Paleostinians launched dozens of incendiary devices, carried by balloons, into southern Israel from the Gazoo Strip. On Tuesday, a fire broke out near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the Sha’ar Hanegev region. That blaze was caused by a balloon-borne incendiary device launched into Israel from Gazoo. Also Tuesday, the Israeli military deployed Iron Dome missile defense batteries throughout the country, following a rocket attack from Gazoo the previous night and ahead of what is expected to be a sensitive next few weeks. The military expects the coming days to be particularly tense, as they will see the start of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, the international Eurovision song competition in Tel Aviv, Israel’s Memorial and Independence days, and the first anniversary of the opening of the contentious US embassy in Jerusalem. |
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