Red color sounds in Sderot and Gaza envelope • Only yesterday a rocket landed at the Negev Gate • A disturbing video released today documents the launching of a balloon armed with a square meter towards the envelope
Gaza rocket launch // Archive photo: times
The rocket fire becomes routine again: a red color alarm sounded around 8:30 pm in Sderot and the surrounding communities. The IDF confirmed that one of the Gaza Strip's launches into Israeli territory was detected. The escalation has not stopped and continues the trend of the past few days, when only a rocket fell yesterday in an open area in the Negev regional council, but no red color alarm was heard.
Shortly after the shooting last night, IDF forces fired tanks at two Hamas positions, including an observation post from a Harrison force north of Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip, but these attacks did not seem to stop the trend.
Disturbing documentation from Gaza: balloons with mortar shells
At the same time, in a video released Sunday on Palestinian social networks, Hamas activist appears to be launching an explosive balloon armed with a mortar shell at Gaza surrounding communities. Reports released with the video claim that it is a Hamas activity because in the background of the video, the Hamas contact network and observers of the organization are following the explosive balloon flight path.
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A senior Israeli security official told "Israel Today" following the video released: "Hamas is looking to equip its activists with balloons and explosives to send them to Israel. Hamas does not hesitate to jeopardize Gaza residents who may be injured by these bombs."
However, thanks to the wintry weather, the intense winds and rainfall today saw a drastic drop in the explosion of explosive balloons and incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip to the Gaza Strip and southern communities. However, during most of the day, explosions were heard in the air, over settlements in the Negev Gate and cluster, which originated from explosive balloons that exploded in the air.
Qassam rocket launches from Gaza toward Israel // Photo Archive
"The weather was playing next to us," said the Chief of the Gaza Strip. "There were dozens of explosive balloon launches in the area, with warheads, some RPG heads, and fortunately most of them exploded in the air."
Meanwhile, following the resumption of terrorist bombs over the weekend, most of the South Red events were canceled on Saturday, and today parents of students at a school in Petah Tikva canceled a trip of their children in the Gaza Strip due to fears of explosive balloons.
Against all of this, and the worsening security situation resulting from the explosive balloons, Gadi Yarkoni, head of the Eshkol Council, said: "The Israeli government's policy against terrorism from the Gaza Strip has failed. It is time to change a strategy to change the reality in the region."
