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Gaza gunfire hits IDF vehicle, prompting tank shelling
 [IsraelTimes] After third attack in four days, Israeli army strikes two Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, positions in the northern Strip.Israeli troops operating near the Gazoo security fence came under fire north of the Strip on Thursday, in the third attack in four days, the army said. No soldiers were reported injured, but an army engineering vehicle was hit by gunfire, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The military responded to the attack by striking two Hamas positions in the northern Gazoo Strip. "In response to the gunfire, An IDF force attacked and destroyed two Hamas positions using [Israeli] Air Force crafts and tank fire," the army said in a statement. The Gazoo health ministry said it had not received any reports of Paleostinian injuries. According to the Gazoo-based Shehab news agency, the targets were Hamas observation posts, north of Beit Lahiya. Earlier in the day, the Paleostinian Ma’an news reported that Israeli troops fired shots toward "lands and homes" in the northern Gazoo Strip. An IDF spokesperson said she was "not familiar" with the incident. The Paleostinian outlet also reported that Israeli vehicles had operated on the Gazoo side of the security fence on Thursday morning. The exchange came less than a day after a rocket fired from the coastal enclave struck an open field south of the coastal city of Ashkelon, causing neither injury nor damage. The IDF did not immediately respond to the rocket attack with artillery shelling or Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told the Ynet news site in an interview on Thursday that the army was not required to react in the same way after every incident. "We don’t have to dance to Hamas’s tune," he said. The projectile struck the Hof Ashkelon region shortly after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said. Israeli troops located fragments of the rocket on Thursday morning. No terrorist groups immediately took credit for the attack. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-03 |
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