‘Israeli’ Warplanes Bomb Gaza

By Staff, Agencies

The ‘Israeli’ occupation warplanes carried out fresh overnight strikes on the Gaza Strip, in response to alleged launch of “incendiary balloons” across the border from the Palestinian enclave.

"Over the last week, explosive balloons are being launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory," the ‘Israeli’ Occupation Force [IOF] said in a statement early Thursday, according to AFP.

In response, a short while ago, IOF fighter jets and tanks struck a number of Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip, the statement added.

The Zionist regime’s army claimed that the strikes were aimed at a military compound and observation posts used by Hamas, who it claimed also fired a volley of rockets into the sea this week after repeated exchanges of fire.

A Gaza security source said ‘Israeli’ warplanes had carried out several strikes, causing severe damage to the sites and some damage to citizens' homes.

The Gaza Strip has been under an ‘Israeli’ blockade since June 2007. It has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.

‘Israel’ has launched three major wars against the enclave, killing thousands of Gazans each time and shattering the impoverished territory’s already poor infrastructure, but Tel Aviv failed to reach its objectives in all of the three wars.