Air Force fighters attacked Hamas weapons production site in northern Gaza • Launches intercepted by Iron Dome fighters
Missile interception over Gaza envelope // Photo Archive: IP
Air Force fighter jets attacked a Hamas terrorist organization in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning. An IDF spokesman said the attack was carried out in response to gunfire from the Gaza Strip toward Israeli territory tonight.
The IDF said: "The Hamas terror organization is responsible for what is happening in and out of the Gaza Strip, and it will have consequences for actions against Israeli citizens."
A red color alarm was heard tonight in the city of Sderot and in the Gaza Strip communities. An IDF spokesman said that a Gaza launch was intercepted by Iron Dome fighters. Gaza residents say they heard loud explosions and saw light trails in the sky. A video posted on social networks shows what looks like an explosion in the Gaza envelope.
In response to the shooting, the Coordinator of Government Operations in the Occupied Territories, Gen. Kamil Abu Rukon, announced the reduction of fishing space in the Gaza Strip to ten nautical miles from this morning until a new announcement.
The Palestinian news network "Alcuds" reported that the IDF attacked two targets in the Gaza Strip, one in the "shipbuilding" in Gaza City and the other in a maple of the Hamas military wing. No Palestinian casualties were reported. IDF drones in various areas of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Qatari envoy Mohammed al-Amadi was quoted in Arab media as saying that he hopes the transfer of funds from Doha to Gaza will be renewed after the end of the current contract to end in March 2020.
This was told to journalists in Gaza, on the sidelines of Hamas' welcome to the envoy in the Gaza Strip. Twenty-eight firefighters entered the Kerem Shalom crossing yesterday for the needs of Hamas authorities, funded by Qatar.
Hamas reportedly demanded continued remittances for salaries and electricity financing. Request The request was accepted. Recently, a meeting of Hamas officials in Doha was held, with the delegation continuing to Malaysia.
Al-Amadi has reportedly confirmed that Qatar will continue to transfer the millions of dollars. He also promised that a medical delegation from Qatar would come to the Strip every month. A relief agreement has also been reported to establish a medical center for dialysis patients in northern Gaza.
It was also reported that in discussions that touched on the issue of electricity in Gaza, the parties were discussing the new power line project or connecting the gas to the power plant. Al-Amadi denied any connection to a US field hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
