Israel attacked Hamas positions in Gaza in response to launching incendiary balloons

The Israeli military launched airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday morning in response to the launch of incendiary balloons. in Israeli territory.

“As the Israelis prepared to celebrate the Jewish New Year today, Hamas threw incendiary balloons and set Israel on fire with the intention of terrorizing civilians. In response, we hit a Hamas rocket manufacturing site and a military compound in Gaza, ”the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on its Twitter account.

IDF fighter jets bombed positions of the terrorist group Hamas, including a rocket launch site and a military compound in Khan Younis, where is a Concrete plant used to build terrorist tunnels, the newspaper reported Haaretz.

Israeli authorities have also reported that the military complex is located in a civilian area that includes cultural sites and nearby mosques. “This is further proof that Hamas is deliberately carrying out its activities among the civilian population of the Gaza Strip,” they noted.

“The Israeli military will continue to respond vigorously to terrorist attempts and holds the terrorist organization Hamas responsible for everything that happens in the Gaza Strip.», They added.

The bombardments were carried out in response to the launch of incendiary balloons into Israeli territory., one of them erupted at Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council.

On Saturday, the terrorist group released more than a dozen incendiary balloons, after Palestinian factions pledged to step up activity along the border.

On the other hand, Six Palestinian prisoners convicted of terrorism in Israel and considered dangerous escaped from Gilboa high security prison this morning, in the northwest of the country, apparently digging a tunnel, Israeli authorities have confirmed.

“Following the report by the Israeli prison service on the escape of six prisoners from Gilboa, a powerful force of police officers, as well as border police and army officers, began search operations and capture “, a police spokesperson reported.

According to the Hebrew press, one of the escapees is the well-known prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander in Jenin city of Fatah’s military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, who was serving time for several deadly attacks, including one attack against the Likud siege in 2002. that killed six people.

The other five are members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad – considered a terrorist by Israel and the United States – also from Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, where gunshots were heard on Monday morning.

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