‘Israel’ Bombs Gaza, Palestinian Resistance Responds With Rocket Barrage

By Staff, Agencies

Palestinian resistance group fired a barrage of rockets at the ‘Israeli’-occupied cities in response to the Zionist regime’s continued bombardments of civilian targets in the Gaza Strip, as the death toll from the latest flare-up rises on both sides.

The Islamic Jihad resistance movement’s military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, announced that 100 rockets had been fired at the occupied cities of Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Beer Sheva and Sderot early in the day, Palestine today reported.

For its part, Hamas’s military arm also announced that it launched 210 rockets toward the occupied territories early in the morning.

The Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement that it was “in the process of firing 110 rockets toward the city of Tel Aviv” and 100 others toward the town of Beersheva, “as reprisal for the restarting of strikes against civilian homes.”

‘Israeli’ Channel 13 reported that Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza have launched some 1,000 rockets toward different cities in the occupied territories.

The Zionist occupation authorities have so far confirmed five deaths as a result of the rockets fired from Gaza on several cities, including Tel Aviv.

Palestinian media reported that the ‘Israeli’ regime continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in which two Hamas commanders and three children were martyred.

Palestinian sources identified the two commanders as Hassan al-Kaogi [Abu Ali] and Wail Issa [Abu Ahmad].

The Tel Aviv occupation regime targeted Gaza’s police and security headquarters and the Islamic University of Gaza for the third consecutive day, which saw 30 simultaneous attacks on the Gaza Strip.

The ‘Israeli’ army said in a tweet that the victims were Hamas intelligence officials.

It also said the Zionist attacks were a response to “hundreds of rockets” launched from Gaza in the last 24 hours, adding that they marked “our largest strike since 2014.”

Three Palestinian children were also martyred during an ‘Israeli’ air raid on Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza, Shehab News reported.

Meanwhile, a pregnant Palestinian woman and her 5-year-old son were also martyred during the ‘Israeli’ airstrike that targeted their house in the Gaza Strip, as the death toll from ‘Israeli’ raids on Gaza increased to 35 civilians.

More recently, Gaza’s Health Ministry announced early on Wednesday that at least 35 Palestinians, including 12 children, were martyred in Gaza in the latest strikes, with a total of 220 people wounded since Monday.