Palestinian Rockets Hit the Occupied Territories: Tel Aviv, Haifa, Nazareth And Beyond

By Staff, Agencies

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas continued its resolute response to the Zionist occupation regime’s unbridled and deadly aggression against the Gaza Strip, where the Palestinian resistance movement is located, with rockets striking the heart of Tel Aviv and flying well beyond.

The Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, announced starting a fresh round of retaliatory attacks in early Thursday.

The Brigades said the fresh reprisal was a response to the ‘Israeli’ regime’s striking civilian structures in Gaza.

Three ‘Israeli’ settlers were injured while trying to escape into shelters after hearing the rocket sirens in Tel Aviv, where three buildings were also seriously damaged by the resistance’s projectiles, the network said.

According to ‘Israeli’ Haaretz newspaper, five Zionists were injured after a resistance rocket struck a building in Tel Aviv. Hebrew media outlets said a great fire also erupted after the strike and the area’s power was cut.

The Zionist strikes began after Gaza rose in protest against the occupying regime’s brutalities in the Tel Aviv-occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, especially the holy city of al-Quds.

Palestinian resistance movements then started retaliating by flying hundreds of rockets towards the occupied territories.

This was followed by even further escalation in the ‘Israeli’ offensives. So far, a total of 67 Palestinians, including 17 children and six women, have been martyred in the ‘Israeli’ aggression, and 388 others wounded in Gaza.

Zionist media outlets also verified that the Palestinian reprisal had set off rocket sirens throughout the central parts of Tel Aviv and the Ben Gurion International Airport and its outskirts. ‘Israeli’ correspondents also reported hearing several explosions in the city’s suburbs, including at the airport itself.

All flights destined for the airport had been redirected amid the situation, including one from Brussels that was loitering over Tel Aviv after failing to land at the terminal.

According to various reports, for the first time during the resistance’s struggle against the ‘Israeli’ occupation, the Palestinians’ rockets overflew well beyond Tel Aviv, reaching as far as the cities of Haifa and Nazareth that are situated in the north of the occupied territories.

‘Israeli’ journalists also reported that several buildings had been stricken in the city of Rishon LeZion in the north-central part of the occupied territories.

The entire situation began after the Zionist regime started to prevent Muslims from gathering and performing their religious duties across the West Bank, especially in al-Quds, following the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

On one occasion, it assaulted thousands of Palestinians, who had gathered for prayers on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in al-Quds’ Old City. On another, ‘Israeli’ forces attacked al-Quds’ Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, trying to forcibly evict its residents.

So far, around four other Palestinians, including one child, have also died as a result of the regime’s atrocities across the West Bank.