Major rocket attack on Tel Aviv by Hamas in response to Israeli shelling

Tel Aviv received a major rocket attack on Saturday night, as a result of which the IDF Iron Dome anti-missile system was activated. The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamasthe Al Qassam Brigades, issued a statement stating that this was their response in Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

Reported so far a 22-year-old wounded by the Hamas attack in Holona suburb of Tel Aviv.

One of the leading figures of Hamas, Saleh Al-Aruri, explained on Saturday, speaking to the Al Jazeera network, that dthere will be no further exchanges of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners without a full ceasefire and the release of all Palestinian prisoners.

For the extension of the war in southern Gaza threatens the Israel after the “wreck” with Hamas in talks in Qatar to extend the truce. The possibility of a ground attack in southern Gaza, which Israeli media characterize as expected, will constitute a significant escalation of the war.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galand announced that IDF hits areas of Gaza ‘that they haven’t hit since the start of the war’warning senior Hamas commanders in the southern part of the Strip, the Times of Israel reports.

“In the last two days we have been operating in areas that we have not operated in the last month and this will intensify. This action will reach every area that needs it. We are going for the complete elimination of the Hamas organization”Gallant said, speaking to reservists near the Gaza border.

At least 13 dead in Nuseirat refugee camp

Israeli warplanes launched raids overnight in its central part Gaza Stripreports the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), which reports that at least 13 people were killed in the bombings in Nuseirat refugee camp.

“The victims were rushed to Al-Awda Hospital in the central part of the Gaza Strip, while many people remain trapped under the rubble”WAFA broadcasts.

The account of the victims in the Nuseirat camp is confirmed by a correspondent of the television network Al Jazeera.


Source: News Beast

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