Israeli Tanks Strike Gaza after Rocket Fired
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Israeli tanks hit a position of the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was launched on southern Israel from the Palestinian enclave, Israel's army said Friday.
A military statement said its overnight strike had targeted "terrorist infrastructure" in the north of the Strip.
A spokesman for Gaza's emergency services said nobody was wounded.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that the tank fire had been in response to the rocket launched from the Gaza Strip Thursday, which triggered warning sirens in southern Israel but caused no damage.
Israel went to war against Hamas, the de facto power in Gaza, last summer with the aim of stamping out cross-border rocket fire.
The 50-day conflict killed 2,140 Palestinians, most of them civilians, and 73 people on the Israeli side, most of them soldiers.
In December Israeli warplanes struck the strip for the first time since an August 26 ceasefire went into effect, after a rocket hit the Jewish state. There were no casualties on either side.
Also on Friday, two Gazans were wounded by Israeli gunfire on the border. Eyewitnesses said a few dozen Palestinian youths had been throwing stones at Israeli soldiers there.
Gaza health services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said the two were moderately wounded in the incident, which took place east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
A spokeswoman said the army was not aware of any such incident.
Under Israel's blockade of the coastal territory, Gaza residents are not allowed to come within 100 meters (yards) of the border fence.
24 April 2015, 10:20
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perfect chance for nasrallah to show the Arabs how it is done. yallah, march onto Jerusalem ya batal.
24 April 2015, 10:32
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if your idols from saudia and the gulf supported the Palestinian cause instead of torpedoing it and fighting Hezbollah through terror groups, we would be in a much better situation today.
24 April 2015, 10:57
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"fighting Hezbollah through terror groups...." laughable!!!!!
Where are they fighting your hezbollah ? in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and Egypt?
24 April 2015, 11:08
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yes, they started in syria by massing thousands of fighters on the lebanese border, or have you already forgotten?
24 April 2015, 11:55
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exactly! and now they are also massing by their thousands and committing massacres against shia villages on the lebanese-yemeni border.
24 April 2015, 13:08
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hahaha! you are not only a religious authority, a military strategist, but also a historian. We love what you do and eversing about you. Somesingly Anazar flamesrower, really anazar.!
24 April 2015, 15:22
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Don't worry Palestinians hold tight help is on the way, General Qassem Suleimani has dropped everything and is rushing to the Lebanese Palestinian border where he will terrorize the Israelis and Amreekah with a couple of strategically taken backdrop the occupied lands selfies.
