(KUNA) -- Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, claimed responsibility for firing three missiles on two Jewish settlements on Tuesday. The brigades said in a press release that they fired three "Quds 2" type missiles towards the settlements of Kibbutz and Alonim eat of Gaza Strip. It added that the missile strike comes in response for the Israeli crimes against the Palestinians, asserting that resistance is the only option for liberating Palestine.
Meanwhile, witnesses said that two Palestinians were wounded when Israeli warplanes raided a house in Rafah city in southern Gaza Strip. The witnesses said that Israeli reconnaissance warplanes fired missiles on the residence of Naji Qashtah in Barazil neighborhood in Rafah, noting that the attack was the second of its type on the same house after F-16 warplanes raided the residence earlier Tuesday morning. The Israeli army announced on Monday that it would begin bombing houses in Gaza Strip based on claims that they are being used as weapon hideouts by Palestinian factions. |