Israeli jets strike Gaza after militants fireplace rockets

By: AP | Gaza City, Gaza Strip |

December 26, 2020 11:51:55 am

Israeli plane struck a number of websites within the Gaza Strip early Saturday after Palestinian militants fired two rockets towards southern Israel.
The airstrike targets included rocket manufacturing facility and coaching and navy posts belonging to Hamas, the militant group ruling Gaza, in response to the navy.
Palestinian media reported the airstrikes shattered home windows in east Gaza City. There have been no stories of casualties.
The rockets fired on Friday have been aimed on the Israeli coastal metropolis of Ashkelon, however air defenses intercepted them, the navy stated. No Palestinian group in Gaza has claimed accountability for the rocket fireplace, which broke months of cross-border calm.
Volleys of missiles from the Iron Dome protection system illuminated the sky in northern Gaza Strip as they exploded making an attempt to hit the incoming rockets.
Rocket assaults and Israeli retaliatory artillery and aerial strikes are frequent, however they’ve largely been subdued in latest months as a result of raging coronavirus outbreak in each territories.

Hamas which has dominated Gaza since 2007 and fought three wars with Israel and numerous rounds of smaller skirmishes, maintains an unofficial cease-fire with Israel.
Hamas costs that Israel doesn’t honor its truce obligations, which embrace easing a crippling blockade on the Palestinian enclave, and permitting for large-scale infrastructure and job-creation initiatives.