The military has bombed 30 targets of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization and arrested 20 members of the group, which fired more than 160 projectiles at cities like Tel Aviv.
On the second day of Operation Dawn, launched by Israel against Gaza, the streets have been deserted. Empty streets and closed shops after a night of crossfire in which the Jewish State military continued its attacks, which could last “a week”, while the Islamic Jihad organization responded with rocket fire, in the worst escalation of violence in the Palestinian enclave since the war in May last year.
Missile warnings continued to go off in Israeli towns adjacent to the Strip. But so far the shooting from Gaza has caused no casualties or damage, the armed forces said. Instead, the only power plant in the Palestinian enclave had to close due to lack of fuel, which “will exacerbate the humanitarian situation,” the energy company said.
Last morning, the Israeli army attacked about 30 Islamic Jihad targets, damaging six weapons factories and several observation posts belonging to the terrorist organization. Ten people were said to have died and 80 were injured during the bombing. Jewish State forces have arrested at least 20 suspected members of the group during the spate of nighttime raids in the West Bank, hours after the killing of a commander of the organization, who has close ties to Iran.
Meanwhile, the Al Quds Brigades – the armed wing of Islamic Jihad – have fired more than 160 projectiles into Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv. For this reason, the friendly against Atlético de Madrid and Juventus de Turin on Sunday at the Bloomfield stadium in Tel Aviv has been canceled due to the escalation of violence.
Egypt, a historic mediator between Israel and the armed groups in Gaza, wants to intervene in the conflict and is expected to receive a delegation from Islamic Jihad this Saturday. Meanwhile, the Arab League denounced “the fierce Israeli aggression”, while Jordan stressed “the importance of ending” the attacks.
Since 2007, the Tel Aviv authorities have imposed a strict blockade of the Gaza Strip, a 362 km2 enclave in which 2.3 million inhabitants live, with high unemployment and poverty. In recent days, Israel has deployed reinforcements near the enclave and ordered that the border crossings be closed.
Source: La Verdad
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