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After the rocket launches: the UN envoy arrived in the Gaza Strip and will meet with senior Hamas officials - voila! News

2023-02-23T07:50:05.497Z


Tor Vansland has arrived in the Gaza Strip, and is expected to hold talks with senior members of the terrorist organization. This, in the background of the security escalation after the firing of rockets at the settlements in the south and the operation of the security forces in Nablus, in which 11 Palestinians were killed


On video: exchange of fire between the security forces and militants from the Lions' Back in Nablus (documentation on social networks according to Section 27 A of the Copyright Law)

UN envoy Tor Vansland arrived in the Gaza Strip this morning (Thursday) and will meet with senior Hamas officials, after the rocket fire at Israel and the escalation during the night. Six rockets were fired tonight at the cities of the south. Alarms were activated in Ashkelon, Sderot and settlements in the Gaza Strip. Five of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome. , and one landed in an open area. This, after yesterday's operation by the security forces in Nablus, in which 11 Palestinians were killed. The Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the shooting. In response, the IDF attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.



Two more launches were detected from the strip, without an alarm being triggered.

The IDF is checking if it was anti-aircraft fire.

The Islamic Jihad claims to have launched extremely heavy rockets of the "Badar 3" type, made in Iran, with a warhead of more than 200 kg. The IDF announced that helicopters attacked a Hamas weapons production site, located in the center of the Gaza Strip.

At the same time, a military compound of the organization in the north of the Gaza Strip, which is used, among other things, to store naval weapons, was attacked.

According to the IDF,

Launching a rocket towards Israel.

August 6, 2022 (Photo: Reuters)

Yesterday the security forces raided Nablus, and killed several terrorists from the Islamic Jihad and the "Lion's Back" who had barricaded themselves in the building.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah, 11 people were killed and about 100 others were injured.

According to security sources, the terrorists who were eliminated planned attacks and were involved, among other things, in the attack in which the fighter Ido Baruch fell.

According to Islamic Jihad, two of the organization's leaders were beheaded by the forces and other militants who approached the scene were also killed.

Palestinian medical officials said that among the dead was a 66-year-old man, who died from tear gas inhalation, and a 14-year-old boy.



"The resistance in Gaza is watching the increasing crimes of the enemy against our people in the West Bank, and its patience is running out," said the spokesman of the military wing of Hamas.

The Palestinian Authority condemned the raid.

"We are calling for an end to the ongoing attacks against our people," said Nabil Abu Rudina, the spokesman for PA Chairman Abu Mazen. At the same time as the threats from Hamas, the police announced that they had decided to raise the alert level for fear of revenge incidents. According to the police announcement, emphasis will be placed on the communities along the seam line , Jerusalem and other major cities.

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