Israel launched new air strikes against Hamas terror targets in Gaza

In the midst of escalating tensions in the Gaza Strip, Israel launched Tuesday night new air strikes against Hamas terrorist group targets in the Palestinian enclave.

"Our air force has just hit several Hamas terror targets in Gaza. If Hamas thinks we will not act while its rockets, explosives and infiltrations across the Israeli border fence threaten the lives of Israeli civilians, they are wrong, "said the Israeli Defense Army. (IDF). via Twitter.

According to the slogan The Jerusalem Post, an IDF spokesman said the attacks they reached a military complex and a Hamas-owned weapons factory.

The airstrike comes in retaliation for the rocket fire and detonation of incendiary balloons earlier on Tuesday.

Minutes after the announcement, the IDF reported that the sirens sounded in the south of the country and that the Iron Dome air defense system intercepted a rocket who was heading to the Ashkelon Industrial Zone.

Local media added that Hamas terrorists started evacuating after the start of air attacks.

The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He warned today that his country would do "all it takes" to protect its people from terrorist attacks from Gaza.

After a security meeting with the chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the president said that the IDF "destroyed Hamas's main terrorist installations on an unprecedented scale since the end of the war." military operation in Gaza four years ago ". .

For its part, the army sent more troops to the Gaza border on Tuesday.

"I can say that we are ready to do much more, we will do all that is necessary to defend our people and our state"said the Israeli prime minister, in the meantime, in a videoconference message to the annual conference of the United States-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

Israeli forces and Palestinian terrorist groups continued hostilities Monday night until Tuesday morning, despite the announcement of a ceasefire.

After a tense calm almost all day, the attacks resumed at night.