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2019-05-08 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Iran's Hand Behind the Latest Flare Up in Gaza, Israel

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-08 00:53|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1 The othre day I wondered how many Gazan rockets landed in Gaza. This article answers that and much else:

Of the 700 or so rockets fired from Gaza through Sunday, most landed in open fields, 90 failed to make it out of the strip, and Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted more than 170 with a success rate of over 80 percent.

The IDF targeted approximately 320 terror sites in Gaza, including observation control rooms, underground offensive terror tunnels underground infrastructure, weapon storage facilities, military compounds, launch sites, weapons factories, and observation posts. They also targeted an underground Hamas rocket manufacturing site, weapons manufacturing facilities inside a Hamas battalion HQ, and Hamas military intelligence and security offices. Israel's navy also struck several targets.

More significant is that Israel targeted dozens of private homes belonging to Hamas and PIJ commanders, including the office of Hamas' interior minister and head of Hamas security services, Twafiq Abu Naim. Moreover, Israel returned to its policy of targeted assassinations as confirmed by the IDF Spokesman. Its first targeted assassination carried out since 2014 struck a vehicle and killed 39-year-old Hamed Ahmed Abed Khudari who was in charge of large-scale money transfers from Iran to terror groups in Gaza.

While Israel's usual response was to target terrorist infrastructure and assets in the economy section, these latter targets suggest an upgrade.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-05-08 12:28|| 2019-05-08 12:28|| Front Page Top

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