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Israeli Air Force strikes Hamas terror targets

after rocket fire hits Israel
Posted on August 9, 2017 by JNS.org.

(JNS.org) The Israeli Air Force launched two strikes on Hamas terror targets in the Gaza
Strip Tuesday, causing significant damage, the IDF said. The airstrikes came in response

to a rocket fired from Gaza that landed near the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon.

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An Israeli Air Force jet. Credit: Maj. Ofer/Israeli Air Force.

No Palestinian terror group has claimed responsibility for the rocket fire, but the IDF

reiterated its policy that Hamas, which controls Gaza, is responsible for all rocket fire
emanating from the territory.

The emergency director at Gazas Shifa hospital, Ayman Sahbani, said four Palestinians
were injured in the airstrike.

This is crossing a dangerous line that Israel will bear the consequences of, Hamas said

in a statement Wednesday. It is forbidden for Gaza to remain an experimental ground for

the Israeli occupations weapons.

Despite the tensions over Jerusalems Temple Mount this summer, there have been only

a few instances of rocket fire from Gaza landing in Israel. Last month, a rocket from Gaza

landed in an open area in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council.

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