Breaking: Israeli military escalation in Gaza

[Falcon29]

Follow this link for latest Israeli strikes over past several days that led to another 4 Palestinian deaths :

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/brea...k-demonstrations.558699/page-55#post-10524448

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No rockets were fired out of Gaza during this period, but Israel was targeting border officers as some 'response' to Palestinians demonstrating at the border, and some hopeless civilians trying to cross to get work. 3 members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were killed, the very following day one member from Hamas's armed wing was killed. On top of the 60 plus Palestinians killed the day of the demonstration. For the past two weeks there has been consecutive air strikes and artillery strikes by Israel. They were trying to quell the demonstrations via military escalation.

They conducted air strikes last night in Gaza as well and Palestinians responded with mortar fire on IDF positions surrounding Gaza lightly injuring one soldier.

Israel has been conducting air strikes over past several hours, nothing too major yet but it is getting worse.

This was the last attack by Israel the night before the Palestinian response:

Israeli shelling kills 1 Palestinian, injures another in northern Gaza

https://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=780169
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I will post updates in this thread from now on regarding strictly military tensions, while the thread linked will be updated with with news on the demonstrations and situation in the West Bank.

 

[$@rJen]

LoL... you fire a mortar round and expect IDF to provide you with Flower>??

 

[Falcon29]

Latest developments(in chronological order):

1.) Previous night Israeli strikes took place, during the strikes Palestinian Islamic Jihad responded with 27 mortars

2.) 24 Israeli airstrikes have been hitting various sites in Gaza, mostly military training sites that are empty that have been ongoing for past several hours

3.) Rockets fired in response from Gaza towards Ashkelon and Sderot

4.) Israeli drone strike hits agricultural area in Rafah

5.) More rockets fired in response, I'm using live sources but all Israeli and Palestinian sites are posting about this. Here are some for reference:

https://www.i24news.tv/en
https://www.maannews.com

6.) Palestinian Islamic Jihad says will not accept more unprovoked strikes that have been occurring every night for past two weeks in an attempt to punish Palestinians for unarmed demonstrations

7.) Israeli Air Force says it conducted 30 aerial sorties in past few hours in Gaza

8.) Material damage done to several homes and a children's school in Gaza as a result of Israeli strikes

9.) Mortars hit Israeli army base in Sofa, several rockets fired at Ashkelon moments ago

10.) Israeli's need to decide to be sensible and stop targeting and killing Palestinian border officers as some 'retribution' for demonstrations, something that doesn't exist anywhere in the world, let alone in situation where people are occupied

 

[Solomon2]

...No rockets were fired out of Gaza during this period -

28 mortar shells strike southern Israel in largest barrage since 2014; 1 injured
Sirens blare throughout Sha'ar Hanegev and Eshkol regions during at least 2 separate attacks from Gaza; Iron Dome intercepts most projectiles
By JUDAH ARI GROSS Today, 7:17 am 13

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  The remains of a mortar shell that struck the yard of a kindergarten in the Eshkol region, near the Gaza border, on May 29, 2018. (Shay Machluf)
  
  
  At least 28 mortar shells were fired at southern Israel in at least three separate barrages Tuesday morning as sirens blared throughout the area, the army said, amid heightened tensions along the Gaza border.
  
  One person was lightly injured by shrapnel in his shoulder and was being treated at the Soroka medical center in Beersheba. There were no reports of significant material damage. One shell hit a tree in the yard of a kindergarten shortly before children were due to arrive.
  
  The shellings appeared to be the largest attack from the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war, known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge.
  
  The head of the Eshkol region told Channel 10 news that the army told him the attack was carried out by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, as revenge for the Israel Defense Forces killing three of its members in a cross-border exchange earlier in the week.
  
  The Iran-backed Islamic Jihad did not immediately take responsibility for the mortar attacks, but its spokesperson praised them, saying “the blood of our people is not so cheap that the terrorists (Israel) can do what they want without deterrence.”
  
  
  
  
  Mortar shells fired from Gaza at southern Israel, May 29, 2018 (Twitter)
  There were no immediate reports of a significant Israeli military retaliation to the attacks. Massive reprisal raids were expected, following the repeated, highly irregular mortar shellings on Tuesday morning.
  
  Following the Gaza mortar attacks, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman called for a “special situational assessment” from IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and other senior figures from Israel’s security services. They were due to meet in the army’s Tel Aviv headquarters, known as the Kirya, Liberman’s office said.
  
  Palestinian media reported that Hamas and other terrorist groups were abandoning their positions in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected forceful response by the IDF.
  
  The initial, primary bombardment came at 7 a.m., when approximately 25 mortar shells were toward the Sha’ar Hanegev and Eshkol regions, as parents were beginning to send their children to school, the IDF said.
  
  The army said its Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted the majority of the incoming shells from the first barrage.
  
  One of the shells struck a tree in the yard of a kindergarten in the Eshkol region, less than an hour before students were due to arrive, a spokesperson for the community said.
  
  Exactly one hour later, incoming sirens were triggered for a second time in the Eshkol region, but not in Sha’ar Hanegev, as at least two mortar shells struck an open field in the area, the army said.
  
  
  
  
  The remains of a mortar shell that was fired from the Gaza Strip at an Israeli community near the Gaza border, on May 29, 2018. (Israel Police)
  The second attack caused neither injuries nor damage.
  
  Sirens in southern Israel were triggered by a mortar shell for a third time shortly after 9:30 a.m., the army said.
  
  That projectile struck an open field outside a community in the Eshkol region, causing no injury or damage, local officials said.
  
  The military and police refrained from specifying where exactly the mortar shells struck in southern Israel, as the information could be used by terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip to better aim their fire.
  
  The kindergarten that was hit by a mortar shell — along with all other schools in the area — opened as usual on Tuesday, despite the attack.
  
  The commander of the IDF’s Southern (Gaza) Brigade, Col. Kobi Heller, visited the kindergarten and others in the region following the attack.
  
  
  
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  “At this point, there are no special instructions for residents of the Gaza periphery. Please continue to listen to the instructions of the Home Front Command,” the army said in a statement.
  
  Pictures and videos were quickly shared on social media apparently showing the launches of the mortar shells and the interceptions by the Iron Dome.
  
  
  
  
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  The Iron Dome’s interceptions of the majority of the incoming mortar shells marked a significant improvement for the missile defense system. It was initially designed to shoot down rockets and struggled to counter mortar shells, which are both physically smaller and tend to remain in the air for less time, giving a short window for interception, though this no longer appears to be an issue.
  
  Following the initial attack, Palestinian media reported that an Israeli tank fired on at least one position belonging to a terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, but this could not be confirmed.
  
  Tuesday’s mortar shell attack appeared to be the largest bombardment, in terms of the number of projectiles fired, in nearly four years.
  
  The next largest attack was also carried out by the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad, which calls for Israel’s destruction. On November 30, the group fired a dozen mortar shells at an IDF position northeast of the Gaza Strip, causing light damage but no injuries.
  
  On Sunday, an IDF tank attacked an Islamic Jihad position near the Gaza border after a group of Palestinians planted an improvised explosive device, disguised as a set of bolt cutters, on the security fence. At least three members of the terror group were killed, and the Islamic Jihad vowed revenge.
  
  “We will not give up our duty to the blood of the martyrs shed by the occupation, and we know how to respond to this dangerous escalation,” the group said in a statement.
  
  
  
  
  An improvised explosive device, disguised to look like a set of bolt cutters, found at the Gaza security fence on May 27, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
  Tuesday’s mortar attack also came less than 12 hours after Palestinians in the Gaza Strip opened fire with a machine gun at the southern Israeli town of Sderot, causing damage but no injuries, in the second such attack in as many weeks, the army said.
  
  The heavy gunfire triggered incoming rocket sirens in Sderot and the surrounding Sha’ar Hanegev region, according to the army.
  
  The gunfire damaged a number of buildings in Sderot, the city said, as well as at least one car, according to Israel’s Hadashot news.
  
  It was the second machine gun attack on Sderot in under two weeks. On May 16, bullets struck a number of homes in the town, though in that case no rocket siren was triggered.
  
  The region has seen a marked uptick in fighting in recent days, with near-daily cross-border incidents shattering the tense calm that had existed in the area previously.
  
  Unlike previous rounds of violence, until Tuesday Gazan terrorists generally refrained from shooting rockets, instead using small arms fire directed at troops, planting bombs, flying incendiary kites, and sneaking across the border to cause minor damage.
  
  Hours before Monday’s machine gun attack, Israeli soldiers came under fire from Gaza, prompting the military to launch fresh strikes on Hamas targets in the Strip, the IDF said. One Gazan was killed and another moderately injured, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
  
  The Israeli troops were arresting two Palestinians who infiltrated into Israel from the Gaza Strip when they came under fire from across the border, the army said. No Israeli soldiers were reported to be injured.
  
  
  
  
  A bullet from Gaza that struck a wall in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on May 28, 2018. (Sderot Municipality)
  As a matter of policy, the Israeli army considers Hamas, which rules Gaza, to be responsible for any attack emanating from the beleaguered coastal enclave.
  
  There were also numerous attempts over the weekend to breach and damage the border fence, the IDF said, as well as several attempted attacks, including one using a drone.
  
  Since March 30, tens of thousands of Palestinians have taken part in weekly protests which Israel says are orchestrated by Hamas and used as cover for attempted terror attacks and breaches of the border fence.
  
  The violent demonstrations were meant to end on May 15, but Hamas leaders have said they want them to continue. Over 10,000 Gazans took part in the demonstrations in the course of Friday and Saturday, the army said.
  
  The demonstrations came to a head on May 14 when the US moved its embassy to Jerusalem and at least 60 Palestinians were killed in clashes — almost all of them Hamas members, the terror group has acknowledged.
  
  Michael Bachner and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
  

 

[Falcon29]

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11.) Israeli soldier moderately injured by mortar fire shrapnel in Eshkol

12.) New rockets fired at Kiryat Malachi from Gaza moments ago

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Iron Dome intercepts 2 projectiles over Ashkelon

The Iron Dome defense battery intercepts two projectiles fired at the southern city of Ashkelon as Gazans launched a fresh volley of projectiles toward Israel.

According to the IDF’s home front command, sirens are heard in Ashkelon’s industrial zone, and the nearby communities of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai and Netiv Ha’asara.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-29-2018/

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13.) Renewed rocket fire towards Sderot and Ashkelon moments ago

14.) 1 more Israeli soldier moderately injured, 1 one lightly injured

15.) New mortar strikes from Gaza at Nahal Oz IDF military base

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16.) Israeli air strikes on Gaza earlier :

17.) Israeli artillery strike on military watchtower in Gaza moments ago

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18.) Israeli gunfire hits watchtower on Gaza's eastern border

19.) Mortar fire from Gaza hits Sofa IDF concentrations moments ago :


Rocket sirens sound in southern towns

Incoming rocket alert sirens are heard in the southern Israeli communities of Kibbutz Holit, Nir Yitzhak and Sufa.

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Told you... for those wanting sources, I'm posting live and it is posted on media few minutes later
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20.) Israel confirms three injured in Eskhol(They are soldiers) :

3 Israelis lightly injured from rocket shrapnel

Three Israelis are lightly injured by shrapnel from a rocket fired from Gaza into Israel this afternoon.

According to reports, the men were in the Eshkol region, adjacent to the southern Gaza Strip.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-29-2018/

 

[Umair Nawaz]

Muslims should be armed with a proper firepower, if one Muslim is murdered by them atleast 100 judas must be killed as self defence.

 

[Falcon29]

21.) Five reported injured in Gaza border communities after previous round of rocket fire; https://www.i24news.tv/en

Muslims should be armed with a proper firepower, if one Muslim is murdered by them atleast 100 judas must be killed as self defence.

Make prayers for them in Ramadan for now ... they can cause casualties among Israeli soldiers but are not seeking to. Instead seeking change the dynamic that has been enforced by Israel, that is killing border guards intentionally because of demonstrations far away from them near the border. That's unacceptable to anybody.

 

[Umair Nawaz]

21.) Five reported injured in Gaza border communities after previous round of rocket fire; https://www.i24news.tv/en



Make prayers for them in Ramadan for now ... they can cause casualties among Israeli soldiers but are not seeking to. Instead seeking change the dynamic that has been enforced by Israel, that is killing border guards intentionally because of demonstrations far away from them near the border. That's unacceptable to anybody.

then make them pay heavy heavy prize, netanyahu must shit in his pants in fear.

do what their strategic partner do with them.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/6-arrested-for-gang-rape-of-israeli-woman-in-india/

 

[Falcon29]

22.) France says it's 'unconditionally committed to Israel's security

23.) IDF confirms reports of injured soldiers:


IDF says the three injured by shrapnel are soldiers

The IDF says the three people injured by rocket shrapnel near the southern Gaza Strip earlier today were soldiers.

The army says in a statement the three were airlifted to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. One suffered moderate injuries to his legs, and the other two sustained light wounds.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-the-three-injured-by-shrapnel-are-soldiers/

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24.) Iron Dome attempts intercepting rockets fired towards Ashkelon moments ago

then make them pay heavy heavy prize, netanyahu must shit in his pants in fear.

do what their strategic partner do with them.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/6-arrested-for-gang-rape-of-israeli-woman-in-india/

Rape isn't funny, and that story is unfortunate. Palestinians are the underdogs here, but they are trying to establish deterrence to prevent daily Israeli strikes. They are not trying to get into war or defeat Israeli army.

 

[Solomon2]

Israel destroys ‘unique’ Hamas tunnel extending into Israel via Egypt
Army strikes in Gaza seal off tunnel -- intended for both smuggling and attacks according to IDF -- that reached 900 meters into Israel
By TOI STAFF Today, 5:23 pm

The Israeli army on Tuesday afternoon struck what it said was a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip that extended hundreds of meters into Egyptian and Israeli territory.

The IDF said the U-shaped attack tunnel destroyed near Rafah and the Kerem Shalom border crossing was still under construction and not yet usable.

The military said the tunnel crossed from Gaza into Egypt and from there into southern Israel, and was intended both for smuggling weapons and for attacks against Israel.
Its full length was around 2 kilometers (1.2 miles), the army said, and the segment inside Israeli territory was 900 meters (half a mile) long.

The army called the tunnel “unique.”

“This is a very long tunnel,” a source told the Ynet news site. “It also had exit shafts on the Egyptian side. The tunnel was dealt with using airstrikes [in Gaza], and in the coming hours will also be taken care of on our side to neutralize it entirely.”

Israeli officials reportedly informed Egyptian counterparts of the planned strike on the tunnel, according to Hebrew-language media. It was not clear if Israeli strikes on the tunnel included action over the border in Egypt.

A map handed out by the Israeli military showing the apparent route of a Hamas tunnel that extended from Gaza to Israel and Egypt, and destroyed by Israel on May 29. (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

The destruction of the tunnels came as Israeli planes pounded Gaza in response to a morning barrage of mortar fire, including one shell that landed in a kindergarten playground shortly before children were due to arrive.

The IDF said it had struck over 35 terror targets in Gaza throughout the day, belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. These included weapons caches, naval targets and terror headquarters, the IDF said.

A picture taken from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018, shows smoke billowing over buildings following an Israeli air strike on the Palestinian enclave. (AFP/ SAID KHATIB)

Hamas identified one of the targets as a training facility.

Some 28 mortar shells and rockets were fired into Israel by Palestinian terror groups Tuesday morning, and media reported dozens more in the afternoon following the strikes.

Photo from inside a Hamas terror tunnel which the Israeli military destroyed in air strikes on May 29, 2018. The army said the tunnel extended into Egypt and from there 900 meters into Israeli territory (Courtesy IDF)

Three Israeli soldiers were lightly injured from shrapnel in the afternoon attacks.

The military said a total of 25 projectiles had been knocked down by Iron Dome missile defense batteries as of 4 p.m., though the tally was not official.

The morning attacks were mounted by the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in revenge for the IDF killing three of its members in a cross-border exchange earlier in the week.

In a statement, Islamic Jihad described its assault as “a blessed response of the resistance,” adding, “our people’s blood is not cheap.”

There was no claim of responsibility for the afternoon barrage. As a matter of policy, the Israeli army considers Hamas, which rules Gaza, to be responsible for any attack emanating from the beleaguered coastal enclave.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to respond “with great force” to the mortar shells, one of which landed just outside a kindergarten less than an hour before children were due to arrive.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said the military had launched a “massive and forceful” retaliatory attack.

Defense officials reportedly said the next 24 hours would be “intense” amid the worst escalation on the Gaza border since the 2014 war, known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge.

The army evacuated the Zikim beach near Gaza, while local authorities in the region told residents to stay near their bomb shelters in the coming hours.

An Israeli soldier takes cover as rocket sirens blare in southern Israel on May 29, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

“Israel views the attacks on it and on its communities by Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the Gaza Strip with great severity,” Netanyahu said earlier, during a conference in the northern Galilee region, ahead of urgent security consultations set to take place later in the day.

“The IDF will retaliate with great force to these attacks,” the prime minister added. “Israel will make anyone trying to harm it pay a heavy price, and we view Hamas as responsible for preventing such attacks against us.”

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman earlier called a “special situational assessment” at army’s Tel Aviv headquarters with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and other senior figures from Israel’s security services, his office said.

Judah Ari Gross and Michael Bachner contributed to this report.

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[50cent]

Coward isrreal testing weapons against poor unarmed Palestinians try someone of ur own size

 

[Handshake]

LoL... you fire a mortar round and expect IDF to provide you with Flower>??

You capture a land and still capturing and expect flowers from Palestinians ? You white color land thefts .

 

[Falcon29]

25.) Israeli minister claims Israel supposedly doesn't seek conflict, yet has been bombing Gaza on a nightly basis for past few weeks, killing and injuring dozens ....


Senior minister warns Gaza tensions will get worse as night falls
Intelligence Minister Israel Katz says Israel is closer to war than it has been since its 2014 war with Gaza’s Hamas rulers.

“We are the closest to the threshold of war since Operation Protective Edge,” he tells Army Radio. “We don’t want it, and the other side doesn’t either, but we have our red lines.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-29-2018/
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26.) Mortar fire from Gaza targets Israeli military base in Eshkol

 

[Falcon29]

27.) Sirens heard in Kissifum, possible mortar fire targeting IDF base by Palestinians moments ago

28.) Another siren alert heard moments ago, Israeli news confirms:

Rocket sirens blaring in Gaza periphery communities

Sirens sound again in the Eshkol region, sending residents into bomb shelters, after two hours of relative calm.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/rocket-sirens-blaring-in-gaza-periphery-communities/

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29.) Four more rockets fired at Eshkol region housing much IDF infrastructure, third siren in past 10 minutes

30.) If Israel escalates the situation further and doesn't abide by the truce by committing more strikes tonight there will be a larger response immediately

 

[Falcon29]

31.) Joint statement by Hamas armed wing and Quds Brigades soon

32.) Hamas's armed wing the Qassam Brigades and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's armed wing the Quds Brigades take responsibility for the counter fire that took place today in response to repeated Israeli violations of ceasefire understandings as well as harm of civilian demonstrators

Says they targeted largely military bases and IDF infrastructure across the border

State any Israeli strikes will be met with likewise from Palestinian side

33.) 3 mortars fired at Eshkol moments ago targeting IDF infrastructure, sirens blare