Explosions hits Gaza after Israeli air raids
As one person was reportedly murdered in an army assault on the occupied West Bank, Israel launched airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, claiming they were in retaliation for a missile fired from Palestinian territory over the weekend.
Early on Monday, there were several explosions reported in Gaza, a witness told Reuters.
On casualties, there was no immediate information.
An underground facility “holding raw materials required for the construction of rockets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization” was attacked, according to the Israeli army.
According to a statement from the army, the attacks were “in retaliation to the rocket launch from Gaza into Israel on Saturday.”
Regarding that claimed rocket launch, no Palestinian allegation has been made.
In the meantime, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported that one person was murdered in an early morning Israeli army raid in Nablus, which is located in the occupied West Bank and has seen almost constant violence over the previous 12 months.
On the Nablus raid, the Israeli army was silent at first.
In 2007, Hamas seized control of Gaza.
Credit: Al-Jazeera
