Palestinian media sources say Hamas' military
wing recently conducted test launch of two rockets with range of dozens
of kilometers • Rockets made in Gaza with Iranian know-how •
Palestinians say IDF shoots, kill two Palestinians in West Bank and
Gaza.
Hamas fires a rocket from
Gaza at southern Israeli communities during Operation Pillar of Defense
in November.
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Photo credit: KOKO |
Operation Pillar of Defense ended only two
months ago, but Hamas is already preparing for the next clash with
Israel. Palestinian media sources have reported that the military wing
of the Gaza-based organization recently test fired improved long-range
missiles.
According to the reports, based on information
from senior sources in Hamas' military wing, the tests included the
launching of two rockets with a range of dozens of kilometers. The
rockets were launched toward the Mediterranean Sea off the Gazan coast
from a Hamas training base located in what used to be Gush Katif (the
pre-Disengagement Jewish enclave).
Hamas' rocket unit expressed satisfaction with
the results of the test launches. The improved rockets were reportedly
manufactured and assembled in the Gaza Strip using Iranian know-how.
Meanwhile, Gaza media sources reported on
Friday that IDF forces shot and killed a young Palestinian near the
Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. The victim, Anwar
Mamlouk, 22, was demonstrating near the security fence alongside dozens
of other Palestinians who claimed the IDF was preventing them from
working their land.
The Palestinian news agency Ma'an quoted an
IDF spokesman as saying that "dozens of Palestinians gathered by the
border fence in northern Gaza, in an area that is forbidden. IDF forces
in the area tried to disperse them several times, and when [the
demonstrators] failed to leave, they fired at the foot of one of the
suspects who was trying to damage the fence."
"The IDF will not tolerate any attempt to
damage the security fence and to harm the sovereignty of the state of
Israel," he added.
On Saturday, Palestinian news sources reported
that a Palestinian who tried to infiltrate Israel from southern Hebron
was shot and killed by IDF forces.
The IDF said, "a preliminary investigation into the
incident found that during an attempt to breach the security fence in
the area of the Meitar crossing, a Palestinian was shot in the lower
part of his body. The circumstances of the incident are still under
investigation."
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