Following new attacks by militant Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Israel’s border area, the Israeli air force once again attacked targets in the Palestinian area in the evening. Israel’s army said several facilities of Hamas ruling in the Gaza Strip had been hit.
Then had cried in the coastal city of Ashkelon alarm sirens, the army said. It was again fired a rocket from the Gaza Strip. Previously, another rocket had been fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as the army announced.
Crumbling truce
According to Israeli media reports, militant Palestinians had sent balloons with explosives to Israel despite a ceasefire announced the previous evening. Israel wants to send more troops to the edge of the Palestinian territory. Because of tensions with Hamas, which ruled in the Gaza Strip. Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi had decided to move an infantry brigade and an artillery battalion in the south of Israel, the army said. This decision was the result of a consultation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu also holds the post of defense minister. Netanyahu had earlier threatened further military action against Hamas. After rocket firing from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Air Force had attacked numerous targets in the coastal area. Because of the new escalation in the Middle East, the head of government had shortened his trip to the United States.
Rocket attacks from Gaza
Trigger for the recent escalation was a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, in which on Monday a house northeast of Tel Aviv was destroyed. Seven people suffered injuries, including infants. Israel’s army blamed Hamas for the attack.
Israel’s air force then destroyed three Hamas buildings in Gaza on Monday, including Hamas chief Ismail Hanija’s office. In a series of attacks in the Gaza Strip seven Palestinians were injured, said the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
