Israeli Forces Attack Hamas Naval Facility With Rockets (Videos)
01:02 22.08.2019(updated 05:38 22.08.2019)
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired a number of rockets toward the northern Gaza Strip early on Thursday and reportedly struck multiple military targets in a naval facility belonging to Hamas.
Gazans uploaded videos of the attacks onto social media.
Gaza’s naval site being bombed tonight by Israeli warplanes. pic.twitter.com/7WqzCbkUjQ
— Muhammad Smiry ?? (@MuhammadSmiry) August 21, 2019
Palestinians enjoying their time while Israeli warplanes bombing the naval site in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/WCwytXkqUH
— Muhammad Smiry ?? (@MuhammadSmiry) August 21, 2019
According to a tweet from the IDF, the move came in response to a rocket that was fired from Gaza toward Israel late Wednesday night.
BREAKING: Rocket fired from #Gaza into #Israel. This is the 5th rocket fired from Gaza in the last 6 days.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 21, 2019
The Israeli military group said that the missile launched on the night of August 21 was the fifth missile to come from Gaza in the past six days.
Moments after the IDF’s strike on the strip, the group reported yet another rocket was fired from Gaza toward Israel.
1:00AM:
A second rocket was just fired from #Gaza to #Israel.— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 21, 2019
No injuries or deaths have been reported from either of the Thursday morning rocket launches.
This all comes hours after the IDF announced they had fired on a civilian aircraftmistaken for a Syrian plane that could “pose a real threat.”
According to the Jerusalem Post, the Israeli military group considers Hamas responsible for the disruption on and around the Gaza Strip.