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| Hamas threatens to end ceasefire with Israel amid rising tensions |
| 2020-08-08 |
| [JPost] strongem>Incendiary balloons found near Gaza border communities early Saturday. A suspicious object attached to a set of balloons was found in an agricultural area within the Eshkol region, which was suspected to have come from the Gaza Strip. "A police sapper and security personnel are at the scene to neutralize the item," according toa statement from the Eshkol Regional Council. In addition, an explosion was heard in Netivot late Friday. An inspection by a sapper who arrived at the scene revealed that it was an explosive item which arrived via a balloon and exploded on the spot. The location of the explosion is currently under investigation. In similar news, it was reported in the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, widely considered a pro-Hezbollah and pro-March 8th alliance (pro-Syrian government) outlet, that Hamas and other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip had informed the Egyptian mediator that the period of calm on the border with Israel would come to an end soon. The report came amid rising tensions between Israel and Hamas following a string of incendiary balloon launching and Israeli reprisal attacks in recent days. IDF fighter jets attacked a Hamas underground infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip late Thursday, the IDF Spokesperson confirmed. The attack was in response to several incendiary balloon launches from Gaza into Israeli territory on that day. Earlier on Thursday, after nearly six months without incendiary balloons, five fires broke out in the Gaza border communities. At least three of them were caused by incendiary balloons. Furthermore, a balloon carrying an explosive device was found in the Arad industrial zone. "The State of Israel will not accept any violation of sovereignty and harm to the residents of the south," said Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday. Related: Incendiary balloons: 2020-08-07 Terrorists in Gaza launched explosive balloons into Israel throughout the day Incendiary balloons: 2020-02-17 Girl finds explosive device in yard of Gaza-border home Incendiary balloons: 2020-02-12 Hamas decides to stop launching incendiary balloons into Israel – report |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 "Do what we say or we'll make you kick our asses again!" |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-08-08 13:45 |
| #2 Hamas Ceasefire = "We shoot rockets and send explosive/incendiary balloons and suicide infiltration killer squads and.....you just passively take it" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-08-08 12:22 |
| #1 There has been a cease fire? Who knew? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-08-08 11:39 |