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In response to barrages towards the south: The IDF attacked 9 commanders' houses in Hamas
After a slight respite, during the night the shooting resumed in Ashkelon, Beer Sheva, Netivot and the Gaza Strip.
Two rockets were intercepted and two fell in open areas.
The IDF also used an aircraft and fighter jets to attack a Hamas tunnel shaft near a kindergarten in the Gaza Strip. The UN envoy spoke with senior Israeli officials to bring calm
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Amir Bohbot, Yanir Yagana and Barak Ravid
Monday, 17 May 2021, 07:00 Updated: 07:48
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The IDF attacked nine Hamas commanders' houses last night (Monday), as well as a tunnel shaft dug in the Gaza Strip. The attacks followed the continued firing from the Gaza Strip at southern settlements. The
first alarms sounded shortly before midnight in the Ashkelon area, and then in the Beer Sheva area. Also towards Ofakim and Netivot. During the night, two rockets were intercepted and two fell in open areas - without casualties.
This morning, the IDF updated on the details of its extensive attack, using dozens of fighter jets and aircraft.
According to an IDF spokesman, the houses of the Hamas commanders who were attacked were used as terrorist infrastructure and some houses even contained weapons depots.
The commanders' houses include the house of the commander of the Beit Hanun Battalion, the house of the commander of the Beit Hanun company, the house of the company commander in Gaza City and the house of the company commander of the Shati battalion of Hamas.
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Contacts ceased for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a synagogue was hit by a rocket in Ashkelon
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Gaza Strip, tonight (Photo: Reuters)
It was also reported that in addition, a military infrastructure for conducting combat was attacked in a house responsible for military intelligence of the Hamas terrorist organization in Shaja'iya.
It was later reported that fighter jets attacked a Hamas tunnel shaft in the southern Gaza Strip.
According to the IDF, "the tunnel shaft is located near a kindergarten and mosque and proves once again how the Hamas terrorist organization deliberately places its military assets in the heart of the civilian population." .
Live broadcast from the Gaza Strip (Photo: Reuters)
Meanwhile, diplomatic sources told Walla! "The UN envoy, Tor Wencesland, has been holding intensive talks with the head of the National Security Council, Meir Ben Shabbat, and other Israeli officials over the past day, as well as with Hamas and Egypt in an attempt to restore calm in Israel and Gaza and avoid a full-scale war." A senior Israeli source said in response that "there are no ceasefire contacts. The operation will continue as long as necessary." However, the source did not deny the existence of the conversation between the UN envoy and the head of the National Security Council.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri and discussed the situation in Gaza. The U.S. State Department said Blinken told the tenants that all sides must work to stem the tide of violence. He also spoke on the phone with Qatar's Foreign Minister Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Rahman a-Thani. Qatar's official news agency said the Qatari minister had stressed to Blinken that the international community should press Israel to stop the operation in Gaza.
(Photo: IDF Spokesman)
Following these two phone calls, there was a phone call between the foreign ministers of Qatar and Egypt.
The two countries have close ties with Hamas and both have leverages on the organization that could lead them to agree to a ceasefire.
Blinkan also spoke by telephone with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and discussed with him the crisis in Gaza and the need to end the violence.
The US State Department said that Blinken emphasized the need to end the loss of human life on the Israeli and Palestinian sides and prevent the aggravation of the crisis.
In a special statement issued yesterday from the campus, Prime Minister Bnei Gantz and Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi referred to the continued fighting with Hamas, the goals of the operation and the Israeli home front. “There are pressures, but overall we get backed up.
I want to thank President Biden and other countries that support us. "On the situation in the cities involved, Netanyahu said that" we have seen a decrease in the trend of violence among the Arab public.
It is not a majority of the public, but it is a significant minority that needs to be addressed. "
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