Israel strikes Hamas facility in Gaza: army

Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-02 15:16:46|Editor: Zhou Xin
Video PlayerClose

JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israel's air force struck a Hamas military facility in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday morning, citing a rocket fired at Israel hours before as the reason for the attack, the army said.

"An AIF (Israel Air Force) aircraft targeted a military compound belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip," a military spokesperson said in a statement.

The strike took place on the night between Monday and Tuesday.

The army said the reason for the attack was a rocket fired by Gaza militants on Monday night, which hit an open field near a community in the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel. No injuries or damage were reported.

No organization immediately claimed responsibility for the rocket, but these rockets are usually launched by Islamist groups in Gaza that challenge Hamas, the organization that runs the besieged Palestinian enclave.

The military spokesperson said that the strike targeted a Hamas compound because "the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) holds Hamas solely accountable for events in the Gaza Strip."

A military official told Channel 2 TV news that the rocket fell very close to a populated area but did not trigger warning sirens. The army is checking whether it was caused by a malfunction in the warning system, the official said.

Hostilities between Israel and Gaza have been on the rise since U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in a statement on December 6. In October, Israel blew up a tunnel crossing from Gaza into southern Israel, killing at least 12 Islamic Jihad militants and triggering vows to avenge.

At least 12 Gazans were killed in protests and clashes with Israeli military forces since Trump's announcement, and dozens more were injured.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001368668711
国产无码在线观看免费在线,37pao国产成视频,日韩一区二区视频在线,国产国产人免费人成免费视频麻豆
亚洲欧美日韩另类精品一区 | 午夜少妇高潮在线看 | 婷婷六月国产在线 | 亚洲欧美高清精品一区二区 | 一本色道久久88综合亚洲精品 | 伊人小蛇婷婷色香综合缴缴情 |