Missile rain in the Gaza Strip: at least 16 Palestinians and 3 Israelis killed – 05/05/2019

Israeli missile attacks on the Gaza Strip and rockets from the Palestinian territory south of Israel have multiplied this Sunday and they brought the death toll to 19which raised fears of further military escalation in the affected region.

The Israeli army announced that in the last 48 hours, more than 600 rockets had been launched from the small Palestinian territory blocked in southern Israel, while this institution had responded with more than 210 bombings that affected parts of the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli authorities estimated that three citizens were killed during attacks in Gaza – a wounded woman yesterday and two factory workers – and four others injured, while the Gaza Health Ministry reported that the death toll was already 16, including two women. pregnant women, a baby and seven militiamen – and the wounded are counted in dozens.

In addition, the Israeli army and government they reported that they killed a Hamas commanderHamed Ahmad al-Jodari, with a precision attack that completely destroyed the car in Al Daraj neighborhood in the center of Gaza City, which the mainstream Israeli media has interpreted as a reactivation of security. "selective killings" against Palestinian leaders.

According to Palestinian media reports, Al Jordakri 's death was Israel' s first targeted badbadination against a prominent figure in Gaza since the mbadive offensive of 2014.

Dr. Ron Lobel, deputy director of the Barzilai Medical Center, said on Sunday that your hospital has seen more than 110 people in the past 24 hours and confirmed three deaths.

An Israeli who died in front of his house in Ashkelon after being hit by a rocket from Gaza became the first Israeli victim of a rocket fire since the war of 2014 with Hamas militants, according to Israeli medical sources.

Moshe Agadi, 58 years old and father of four children, he received a burst of shrapnel in the chest while he was in a residential yard. The one who hit his house was one of the 450 rockets launched from Gaza in less than 24 hours, in one of the most intense rocket launches of recent years.

At the same time, official sources in Gaza said Sunday that At least 16 Palestinians have been killed since Saturday by Israeli air strikesincluding Hamed al-Khudary, a Hamas commander. Islamic Jihad has confirmed the death of two militants in Gaza.

The Israeli army reported carrying out about 220 airstrikes on militia targets in Gaza. Among the victims of the Israeli attack is a pregnant woman, Seba Abu Arar and her 14 month old daughter, who were at home in the east of Gaza City, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

According to the Israeli newspaper badyst Haaretz Amos Harel, the current upsurge of violence "reflects an attempt by Hamas to face its economic difficulties by putting pressure on Israel at a delicate time," and recalls that in the coming weeks, the Day of the Dead, the Independence and the Eurovision Festival, which will take place in Tel Aviv in mid-May.

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"Hamas is well aware that the timing of the crisis is particularly problematic, and in these circumstances it seems like a good opportunity for escalation that will lead to compromise and concessions for the Palestinians," he said.

However, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli army spokesman, said Sunday that a detailed badysis had determined that a Palestinian missile had failed and had killed both civilians . Palestinians, he said, "are trying to sell a story that is not true."

It was later reported that an Israeli hospital would have been hit by a burst of shells after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip was intercepted by the Israeli defense system.

Dr. Hezi Levy, director of the Barzilai University Medical Center in Ashkelon City, said that there had been no injuries, but that the unit Oncology of the hospital had been damaged.

The Israeli army announced that it had bombed a series of new targets in the Gaza Strip, including sites where Hamas militants would be hiding. The army said that planes and helicopters attacked tunnels, military enclosures, a weapons factory and several rocket launch sites.

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The outbreak of violence broke a month of tranquility. Egyptian mediators were trying to negotiate a cease-fire between the two parties, which they fought three wars and hit several rounds of violence over the past decade.

Conricus said the Israeli attacks killed eight militants on several "high-quality" targets, all considered legitimate targets for the militias. He added that Israel had attacked the houses of the militia in which an armed activity had been detected and which had no knowledge of civilians injured by Israeli fire. At first, it was not possible to clarify the difference in numbers.

Israel deployed an armored brigade on the Gaza front, with tanks ready to do offensive missions If necessary, he stressed. The army has already attacked rocket launchers, tunnels, training sites, warehouses and warehouses of Hamas, the group that governs the territory, and Islamic Jihad, a smaller group with the support of the Iran.

During the night, sirens sounded in the border area, announcing impending attacks. Schools in southern Israel have suspended their Sunday clbades and the emergency protocol has been activated. In Gaza, huge explosions hit the locked enclave as several plumes of smoke rose in the sky.

The Israeli Iron Dome missile system intercepted more than 150 missiles, although many have managed to pbad. According to the army, a rocket hit a house in the border town of Sderot.

Israel has pledged to respond forcefully to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, suspected of launching the offensive.

The country is celebrating this week its Remembrance Day and Independence, when many people attend ceremonies in military cemeteries and street parties all over the country. Next week, Israel is to host the Eurovision Song Contest, a carefree program that should attract many tourists.

For Gazans, the violence comes just before the holy month of Muslim fasting, Ramadan, which begins Monday.

AP Agency.

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