The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out this Saturday a air attack against an operational center used by a high-ranking official of the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, to plan and direct terrorist activities against Israel.
This operations center was used by Muhammad Abu Al-Ata, brother of Baha Abu Al Atawho was killed by the Israeli Army in the Operation “Black Belt” in November 2019.
According to the IDF, abu al ata used to abandon his command center and seek refuge in the Shifa Hospitalwhere he hid among civilians while continuing to oversee and direct terrorist activities.
On Friday night, an IDF plane bombed another jihadist center used to launch rockets against Israel and which belonged to Khaled Azzam, a figure linked to the missile unit of the Jihad islamic.
During the night attack, several mortars and seven concealed rocket launchers were destroyed.
On Thursday a man died in rehovotsouth of Tel Aviv, and several people were injured after a rocket hit a residential building, police and emergency services reported.
journalists from the AFP They witnessed numerous Israeli bombardments against Gaza and the firing of rockets into Israeli territory throughout the day.
In the towns adjacent to the Strip, warning sirens sounded at regular intervals.
According to official Army radio, Netanyahu ordered the attacks directed against Islamic Jihad targets to continue, which has already lost 16 terrorists, including 8 senior commanders in this escalation, which began on Tuesday when Israel activated the operation. “Shield and Arrow” with the “targeted assassination” of three YIP leaders.
The agreement presented by Egypt this Friday to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after the escalation of violence, it did not prosper, according to sources from the Arab television channel Al Hadath.
These same sources affirmed that the negotiations will continue in the next few hours and throughout this Saturday.
The agreement presented by Egypt, the traditional mediator between israel and palestine, It was mainly focused on stopping attacks by both sides in this area and getting them to commit to avoiding further harm to civilians.
Mohammed Al Hindi, the head of Islamic Jihad’s political department, arrived in Cairo on Thursday and told the news agency AFP that he hoped to obtain “an honorable agreement that reflects the interests of our people and the resistance”
The attacks in the Gaza Strip have intensified this week and as reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since this Tuesday when the baptized began ‘Operation Shield and Arrow’directed in principle against the Islamic Jihad group, have killed at least 33 people.
Meanwhile, the US Assistant Secretary of State Wendy Shermanin a call to the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, “insisted on the urgency of reaching a Stop the fire to prevent further loss of civilian life,” according to the spokesman Matthew Miller.
(With information from AFP and Europa Press)
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