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Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire on south
2016-05-08
[IsraelTimes] Terror group claims IAF raid hit brickworks in Khan Younis, but witnesses say Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, military wing struck, causing significant damage

Israeli fighter jets struck Hamas targets in the southern Gazoo Strip early Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces said, following rocket fire from the Paleostinian enclave at an Israeli population center close to the border.

"Earlier today... a rocket was fired from the Gazoo Strip at southern Israel," an IDF statement read. "In response... aircraft targeted two Hamas terror infrastructures in the southern Gazoo Strip."

It was Israel’s fifth series of Arclight airstrikes since Wednesday, when tensions spiraled over IDF efforts to locate attack tunnels dug by Hamas from Gazoo into Israeli territory.
The one reported yesterday was the fourth -- I double checked to make sure this story was not a duplicate.
One of the two rockets fired from Gazoo landed in an open area of the Eshkol regional council overnight Friday-Saturday. The second fell close to the border fence, Army Radio said. There were no injuries or damage reported in either strike. Air raid sirens sounded across the region as the rockets were fired.

Hamas security sources said the IAF raid hit two brickworks in the southern city of Khan Younis, causing damage but no casualties. But witnesses said two missiles hit a base of Hamas’s military wing east of the city, causing significant damage.

The incident comes after the IAF carried out raids on Hamas targets in the Strip on Friday, following mortar fire directed at IDF soldiers earlier in the day, in tit-for-tat exchanges of fire between Hamas and Israel. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Security forces foil possible stabbing attack near Jericho

[IsraelTimes] Security forces thwarted a possible stabbing attack at a checkpoint in Jericho in the Jordan Valley on Saturday when they tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
a Paleostinian man in possession of a knife.

The 23-year-old Paleostinian was taken in for questioning.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Seems all parties are a bit peckish
Posted by: Shipman   2016-05-08 13:51  

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