Hamas terrorists in Gaza have launched a new attack on Israel

Palestinian terrorists in Gaza launched a new rocket against Israel this morning, intercepted by Israeli anti-missile shield, in a new violation of the truce negotiated by Egypt that was maintained yesterday with specific incidents in the afternoon and evening.

Around 4 am (0200 GMT), the anti-aircraft alarms were blown up in the industrial zone of Ashkelonand the inhabitants ran to the shelters.

Soon after, the Israeli army announced that "a launch had been identified from Gaza strip against Israeli territory, which was intercepted by the Iron dome"

Prior to this attack, the army launched a bombing in response to the launch of another rocket in the early evening and at the entrance of a group of young people on its territory, which broke the security fence and burned a camouflage network. a military post.

In retaliation, warplanes attacked after three o'clock in the morning "several terrorist targets in the southern Gaza Strip and in a military complex. Hamas in Rafah "on the border with Egypt.

The army warned in a note that Hamas, which governs de facto in the enclave, is responsible for any activity that results from it, and is ready for "several scenarios and intensifies its activity if necessary."

At around 8:00 pm (6:00 pm GMT), the militia launched another projectile against Israel, breaking a day of calm after an escalation of violence on Monday and reacting with Israeli attacks on a Hamas military facility and an arms warehouse. in Khan Younis (South).

The escalation began at dawn on Monday, when militants fired a rocket that destroyed a house of civilians in central Israel and injured seven of its occupants, including a woman aged around 60 and three miners. the youngest of the year. and half

Hours later, Israel attacked 50 military targets and militias fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells (about eighty according to police sources).

Calm returned gradually after the announcement by Hamas that a ceasefire had been concluded with Israel through Egypt.

This spike in tension between the Israeli and Palestinian militias is the eighth of the year.