![]() Islamic Jihad said in a statement that the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip was a “warning message.” “We call on the Palestinian people across Palestine who have been subjected to the brutality of the Israeli occupation to respond to the despicable attack against them.” Hamas official Saleh Arouri said in a statement: “The Israeli occupation forces’ attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque and peaceful Palestinian worshipers is a serious crime to which the Palestinian people and resistance will respond. “Our people and their valiant resistance in the Gaza Strip and all of Palestine will remain like a sword and shield for Jerusalem, and the bombing will not intimidate us, but will increase our adherence to exercising our right to support the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.” ![]() Gaza Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem, said: “The bombing of the Gaza Strip this morning is a failed attempt to prevent Gaza from continuing its support by all means for our people in Jerusalem and the West Bank. It warned that in response to the rocket fire from Gaza, Hamas bears responsibility for return strikes and will pay the price for any violation. The Israeli military said fighter jets attacked a weapons production site and another site for the production and storage of weapons for Hamas in the central Gaza Strip. ![]() As the news reached Gaza, mosques in the strip began inviting Palestinians to march in solidarity and pray for fellow Muslims in Al-Aqsa. Videos on social media showed Israeli police assaulting Palestinians inside the mosque and beating them with batons. The escalation came after Israeli police stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and assaulted worshipers inside. No casualties were recorded but the strikes caused material damage in and around the targeted areas.Įarlier, Palestinian factions fired several rockets targeting the town of Sderot, adjacent to the northern Gaza Strip, most of which were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome defense system.įollowing the Israeli attacks, the factions also fired a second round of rockets. The Israeli attacks targeted sites in the south, center and north of the Gaza Strip. GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas and Islamic Jihad military sites across the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday in response to missile attacks on Israeli towns.
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