Israeli Jets Pound Gaza Target After ‘Border Fence Breach & Arson Attempt’
- Israeli Jets Pound Gaza Target After ‘Border Fence Breach & Arson Attempt’
by https://www.rt.com/
The Israel Defense Forces have struck a ‘Hamas target’ in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for a border breach and an infiltration attempt by four Palestinians into Israel, the IDF has said.
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According to an IDF statement, the Israeli Air Force targeted a military compound in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, after Palestinians armed with Molotov cocktails illegally crossed the separation wall and entered Israel.
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“The IDF will continue to thwart all attempts to harm the State of Israel and will respond severely against those who wish to harm Israeli civilians,” the IDF tweeted, adding that “Hamas is held responsible for all aggression coming from the Gaza Strip.”
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Earlier the IDF said that the security fence near Kibbutz Kissufim was “damaged” and four Palestinians carrying bottles “filled with flammable material” illegally crossed the border, trying to set fire to an engineering vehicle at around 5 pm local time on Saturday. The ‘infiltrators’, however, fled back to Gaza when Israeli troops arrived at the scene, Haaretz reports, citing the military.
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