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Israeli jets strike Hamas post in Gaza Saturday night in response to Friday shelling
[IsraelTimes] IDF accuses Iran of pushing Israel and terror groups to war, 'playing with the lives of Gazoo residents,' by supplying mortar shells to Gazoo terror groupsIsraeli jets on Saturday night carried out a second round of  s in southern Gazoo in retaliation for three mortar shells fired at Israel on Friday.The Israeli Air Force struck a Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", post in the coastal enclave, according to a statement from the IDF just before midnight. Following the retaliatory raid, the army accused Iran of attempting to spark a war between Israel and Gazoo terror groups and putting the lives of Paleostinians in danger. "The serious fire on Friday proved again that Iran, through rogue and holy warrior terrorist groups, is working to deteriorate the regional situation, is playing with the lives of Gazoo residents, and may lead the Strip to an escalation [of hostilities] after years of quiet," the IDF said. Earlier on Saturday, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said the three mortar shells were supplied by Iran to terrorist groups in Gazoo. He described the fire on Friday as a "grave act." Speaking to Hadashot News’ "Meet the Press," Liberman said the Islamic Theocratic Republichas supplied such weaponry to a number of terror groups in the Gazoo Strip in the past, and therefore it was "too early" to identify the exact source of the shelling. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-12-31 |
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