An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet. © Amir Cohen / Reuters
Early on July 16, four rockets were launched from the Palestinian Gaza Strip towards the nearby Israeli settlement of Ashkelon.
The rockets were launched in two waves. At least one of the rockets was intercepted by the Iron Dome system. The other three landed in empty areas without causing any causalities or material losses.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) responded to the first wave by targeting what he said was “one of the most significant rocket production sites” of the Hamas Movement in Gaza. The IDF claimed that the strike will “significantly impede Hamas’ force-building capabilities”.
Following the second wave of rockets, IDF fighter jets struck an additional weapons manufacturing site of Hamas in the enclave.
The Israeli strikes resulted in significant material losses. Nevertheless, no casualties were reported by Palestinian news sources.
The rocket attack came just a few hours after US President Joe Biden left Israel to Saudi Arabia. Biden has been working to normalize relations between the two countries. Saudi Arabia has already opened its skies to flights from and to Israel. In return, Israel approved a deal that would cede control of two strategic Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia.
Palestinian factions in Gaza likely fired the rockets to protest against Biden’s visit and his efforts to broker and agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Around two years ago, Hamas launched a salvo of 13 rockets from Gaza at nearby Israeli settlements as Israel was signing peace agreements with the UAE and Bahrain.
its hopeless to fight israel without anti air and anti tank weapons.
They have those. Hamas pulled out MANPADS for the first time in their history 2 months ago and IAF retreated immediately in fear of being hit. Hamas has those weapons but they only use unguided water pipes if they’re not at war
Yes indeed, with an array of numerous Western weapons bought from AFU.
if Hamas have many Manpads Israel will lose war
Hamas most likely did it because Mahmoud Abbas the Zionist backed Palestinian met with Biden. Hamas probably did this to show that Mahmoud Abbas doesn’t represent all Palestinians
Israel did it to show Biden that hamas are the bad terrorists they were always telling the US about. thats all.
I dont get the point of this either!
J-K M-F$!…
The same ones that do “New Pearl Harbors” https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=128491&page=1 and man-made earthquakes https://311truth.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/magna-bsp-the-israeli-connection-to-311-terrorism-at-fukushima/ …
When they’re not doin coups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5n8UbJ8jsk) in order to keep $USD alive!
$weet Rapture “on Deck”!
They should have aimed for the Airforce1 carrying the old man to avenge the US whitewashing of Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder.
FalseFlag Alert !!!!! BS – The biggest load of Propaganda Fake News from the Ziop1gs this week. WHY would Hamas send rockets into Ashkelon ? – right after Biden’s visit ?? and WHY would Isrel wait for Hamas to send rockets to blow up a Rocket factory ? – They suddenly discovered the factory after the rocket attack? its a load of crap. Hollywood BS to make Lapid look Good. Of course palestinians have to bleed for Ziop1g bullshit.
Yea makes sense, israel wouldn’t wait for Hamas to shoot rockets to into Israel for them to hit their “biggest rocket factory” they’d do it the first second they discover it.
and do a ff flag too just to make themselves entirely justified. Or do they tell the Palestinians to bomb Israel when THEY want them to? I have frequently been amazed at what the Palestinians purportedly do and wonder if they aint working for the israelis against their own? Their strategy appears to be mindless, a reaction and not a thoughtful response.
You make more sense than shooting the rockets in and getting the factory blown up. Anyone who shot any rockets into Israel would be working for ISRAEL, to give them an easy excuse to bomb up the rocket factory. Is this actually what has been going on in Israel all of this time?
I get they are angry with Israel but I CANNOT see the point in firing rockets which are shot down or go nowhere? The response to these rockets which are shot down or go nowhere is not one which gives any advantage to those firing them, UNLESS they are working FOR Israel and against the Palestinians. The strategies they use SUCKS! More mind power and less mindless reaction would be of benefit.