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Israeli aircraft bomb Hamas positions in Gaza after rocket attack
2019-12-08
[IsraelTimes] IDF confirms retaliatory airstrikes hours after Iron Dome downs three missiles; Palestinians say at least two injured

Israeli planes and helicopters carried out strikes inside 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 early Sunday, hours after three rockets were shot from the Paleostinian enclave, authorities said.

At least three rounds of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s were reported in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",-linked Shehab news agency and other Paleostinian news outlets.

The IDF confirmed that it struck "several terror targets, including a Hamas terror camp made up of: warehouses, offices and watch posts."

It said it also hit a Hamas naval installation.

Positions belonging to Hamas’s armed Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades near Jabaliya and Gaza City were targeted, according to Shehab.

Two people were reportedly injured in the strikes, Paleostinians reported.

The strikes came hours after Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted three rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel, according to the IDF. There were no reports of injuries or damage caused by the rockets or shrapnel from the interceptions.

No Paleostinian group grabbed credit for the rocket fire, but Israel generally holds Hamas, the enclave’s de facto ruler, responsible for all attacks emanating from the Strip.

Earlier Saturday, Israeli fighter jets were sent to fly over the Gaza Strip after suspicious activity was detected in the Paleostinian enclave. It was not clear what the suspicious activity was.

Also Saturday, the military said Israeli troops arrested two suspects who crossed the border fence in southern Gaza into Israel. The two were unarmed and taken in for questioning, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  The IDF confirmed that it struck "several terror targets, including a Hamas terror camp made up of: warehouses, offices and watch posts."

One wonders whether it is possible to bomb *anything* in Gaza and not hit a terror target.

No Paleostinian group grabbed credit for the rocket fire, but Israel generally holds Hamas, the enclave’s de facto ruler, responsible for all attacks emanating from the Strip

No doubt the usual suspects will whinge about 'collective punishment', but this is actually good practice for being a state. One aspect of a nation-state is that you are all in it together - you are the government and the government is you. Otherwise, you're just a big band of tribes.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-12-08 13:02  

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