Israel launches an attack in the Gaza Strip [Internacional] – 21/07/2018

Mexico City .- Israeli forces launched a massive attack on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip, after an exchange of fire between Israeli and Palestinian troops during the long march back and after. launched rockets in the southern part of the Hebrew state.

The attack of the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, began tonight and is still ongoing, the Israel Defense Forces reported. (IDF), while the Palestinian presidency has called for the intervention of the international community to prevent escalation.

According to the Israeli army, this afternoon, during Palestinian protests along the Israel-Gaza border, shootings between Israeli militants and soldiers after firing bullets and gas tear gas on protesters in the fence that separates the two territories.

Health officials in Gaza reported that a 27-year-old man was killed in the exchange and that 120 others were injured, while the Hamas armed wing confirmed the death of three of its activists in an Israeli attack, the number of Palestinians Later, the IDF reported that three rockets were launched tonight by Palestinian militants to southern Israel, whose missile defense system intercepted two and the third fell in an area. open near kibbutz Nahal, but no casualties or damage have been reported.

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a security meeting with Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman; IDF commander Gadi Eisenkot; the chief of Shin Bet (intelligence), Nadav Argaman; and other military officers to assess the situation and analyze the response.

Lieberman said that Hamas is deliberately damaging and warned that Israel would respond "severely, and henceforth any responsibility will fall on Hamas leadership." If you continue firing rockets, the result will be far worse than you Do not think so. "

Almost immediately, the IDF launched a massive attack that reached 25 targets of the Al-Qassam Brigades, including an order from the Hamas army. an ammunition depot, training sites, observation posts, command and control rooms and other infrastructure.

Although up to now no casualties have been reported, the Palestinian National Authority has called the international community tonight. to intervene immediately to put an end to Israel's attacks in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement issued by his Ramallah office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that he had addressed a number of countries in the region and other parts of the world in an effort to contain the current escalation.

Shortly before midnight Friday, it was announced that Egypt would negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that would begin the first minute of Saturday, although The Jerusalem Post reported that the armed group Palestinian Islamic Jihad had warned that he would not give in.