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The Israeli military carried out airstrikes targeting Hamas hideouts in the Gaza Strip, injuring two people and causing massive damage.
Israeli warplanes fired a series of missiles into the eastern, northwest and central parts of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, injuring a 20-year-old six-year-old girl and a man.
According to reports, the attacks resulted in power cuts in the eastern parts and damage to the windows of a Children’s Hospital, the Center for the Disabled and some residential buildings.
However, Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Twitter that the attack struck a rocket manufacturing site and a military post belonging to Hamas – the group that controls the Gaza Strip – saying that it was mere responses to rocket fired from Gaza.
According to the military, rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Friday night, shortly after the sirens sounded in the southern Israeli city of Israel.
The projectile was intercepted by the military’s Iron Dome anti-missile missile defence system.
No Palestinian group in Gaza has claimed responsibility for the rocket fire that has calmed down relative to months, but Israel holds Hamas responsible for all attacks emanating from Gaza, including other combat groups based in the enclave. Claimed by
The poor and densely populated Gaza Strip has been under a ravaged Israel blockade since 2007 after Hamas captured the coastal region.
Hamas and Israel reached an agreement in late September to prevent hostilities, although attacks continued.
After the ceasefire, there was a fatal increase in violence, and it was to be seen that Israel allows new development projects, including an industrial zone and a hospital.
Hamas has accused Israel of not fully complying with the agreement.
Israel, which considers Hamas a “terrorist” organization, shuns direct dialogue and has not publicly acknowledged this.
Israel has launched three crimes against the Gaza Strip since 2008, and several have flared.