ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCE BOMB PALESTINE GAZA STRIP IN RETALIATION TO 'RED SIREN' ATTACK
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ISRAELI fighter jets are targeting Gaza with bombs in response to an
earlier attack on the country.
Red sirens were heard in the Southern town of Negev as thousands rushed
for cover from two rockets launched from the Gaza strip.
An empty Israeli home was directly hit by one of the rockets.
In a statement cited by local media, Head of the Sdot Negev Regional
Council Tamir Idan said: “We expect and demand that the security forces will
respond strongly and make it clear to the terrorist that the state of Israel is
determined not to allow such firing of rockets to continue.”
He added: “We are not prepared that an emergency situation will become
our daily routine.”
A third rocket is said to have been launched but failed to reach
Israel, reports claim.
Several sites are said to have been hit by Israel’s response attack
including a missile launcher site, which contained five rockets, in the
northwest.
A number of attacks have been fired at Israel in recent weeks and the
Israel Defence Force (IDF) have often responded in a retaliatory attack against
targets in Gaza.
Confirming tonight’s military action, a statement from the Israeli
military said: “In response to the rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel
earlier today, the Israeli Air Force targeted a Hamas military compound in the
southern Gaza Strip.”
The incidents took place less than a fortnight after Donald Trump
announced the US would be moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem in a move to
recognise the city as the country’s capital.
The decision angered many Palestinians who believe that they have a
claim to parts of the historic city.
The move of the embassy has been met with international concern.
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone to Turkey’s leader
Tayyip Erdogan shortly after the announcement and both agreed to try to
persuade the United States to reconsider its decision to recognise Jerusalem as
the capital of Israel.
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