Israel Carries Out New Airstrikes on Islamic Jihad "Military Posts" in Gaza

The Israeli Army has carried out this Friday new bombardments against “military posts” and “rocket launchers” of Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, within the framework of operation 'Shield and Sword', without for the moment there being any information about victims in the Palestinian enclave due to this new round of attacks.

“Tonight we have attacked military posts and rocket launchers belonging to the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization,” said Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari, adding that “the quality of intelligence information allows for significant achievements.”.

Hagari has also indicated that the impact on Thursday of a projectile fired from the Strip on a building in the Israeli city of Rehovot, an event that resulted in one death, was due to a failure in the 'Iron Dome' system, according to a message published by the Israeli Army through its account on the social network Twitter.

Thus, it has specified that “the preliminary investigation indicates that shots were fired against the city and an interceptor was launched that did not reach the rocket, which hit the building”, while it has conveyed its condolences to the relatives of the deceased and has stressed that the Israeli Armed Forces “will continue to protect the residents”.

The 'Shield and Sword' operation has so far left 30 Palestinians dead, including several senior Islamic Jihad officials and six minors, as well as more than 90 injured -including more than 30 children-, according to the latest data provided to through his account on the social network Facebook by the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

The United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA) stressed during the day on Thursday that the death of civilians due to the bombardments in Gaza “is simply tragic.”. “UNRWA is verifying the number of Palestinian refugees between the dead and the wounded,” he said in a statement..

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In it, he noted that Israeli military operations had “intensified” over the previous 24 hours, while “Palestinian armed groups continue to fire rockets at Israel.”. The situation was calm overnight, when there were no exchanges of fire, with no shells fired so far in response to the latest Israeli shelling.

“UNRWA continues to respond to the needs of communities. UNRWA’s essential services relating to food distribution, sanitation and hygiene services, transfer of solid waste to landfills and work on water wells are still ongoing,” he said, while stressing that all schools “were forced to close.”

“The current upsurge in hostilities exacerbates an already dire humanitarian situation for Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, including many women and children. UNRWA calls on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians at all times,” said the agency, which outlined that it “supports all efforts to reach a ceasefire so that all civilians, including refugees in the Strip, achieve relief and safety.”