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The Israeli army announced Wednesday evening that it includes military posts, a weapons depot, weapons production facilities and a Hamas training facility in the Gaza Strip. Israel holds the militant Islamist Hamas responsible for all attacks from the Gaza Strip. According to reports from the protected coastal area, explosions were heard in several places.
Earlier, militants in the Gaza Strip fired at least 30 rockets and six mortar shells at Israel after the death of a Palestinian prisoner, the military said. At least three people in Israel were injured by rocket splinters, one of them seriously, according to doctors. According to media reports, others were being treated for anxiety. During the night, warning sirens sounded again in several cities.
In the northern Gaza Strip, a man suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a large rock following an Israeli airstrike, hospital sources said. The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip had previously announced that hospitals and emergency services were on extra alert.
In the evening, as the news site “ynet” reported, Egypt attempted to mediate between Israel and influential forces in the Gaza Strip to end the fighting. Hamas chief Ismail Haniya announced overnight, “We are connecting with our brothers in Egypt and Qatar to stop the aggression against the Gaza Strip.”
Meanwhile, the militant Palestinian organization Islamic Jihad distributed a video in the Gaza Strip purporting to show its people preparing to launch a missile. At the end the words “We haven’t started yet” appear.
Late in the evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a briefing on the security situation, which was also attended by Defense Minister Joav Galant. “Anyone who tries to harm the citizens of Israel will regret it,” Galant warned.
The background to the recent tensions between Israelis and Palestinians is the death of Chader Adnan. The senior Islamic Jihad member died Tuesday morning in Israeli custody after almost three months of hunger strike. The 44-year-old man from the West Bank town of Jenin was found unconscious in his cell early this morning, according to prison authorities. As a result, several militant Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip announced retaliatory measures.
According to prison authorities, Adnan was imprisoned for alleged membership in a terrorist organization and support for terrorism and hate speech. A spokesman said the Islamist began the hunger strike on February 5 after his arrest for suspected terrorist offences. It was already his tenth prison sentence in Israel.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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