The incident shakes an already tenuous ceasefire reached just two days ago after yet another cross-border flare up. The latest round of fighting was triggered on Tuesday when Israel killed a top commander from the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, deeming him an imminent threat. Hamas appeared to have stayed on the sidelines during the flare-up and its military outposts were not targeted by the Israel Defense Forces.Israeli strikes in Gaza (Photo: AFP)Advertisement
Sirens sounded in the middle of the night in the largest city in southern Israel, some 35 km (18 miles) from the Gaza border, warning of incoming fire. The military said the Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted the two rockets.
A few hours later, Israeli aircrafts carried out several airstrikes, targeting struck a number of militant outposts belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza. No injuries were reported.Israel’s military, however, said on Saturday that it would hold Hamas responsible for any attack emanating from Gaza. “Hamas will bear the consequences for actions against Israeli civilians,” it said in a statement.
The statement appears to deviate from the policy adopted during the latest round of fighting where Israel openly blamed the Islamic Jihad for the violence and urged the Hamas militants not to join the Iran-backed group in order to avoid a further escalation.
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