Israel launched a 'direct response to aggression'

Aviation of Israel, on the night of May 27, inflicted several air strikes on the Gaza Strip, reports Reuters. Information about the victims and the destruction there.

The shelling was carried out after five missiles were fired from Gaza’s territory in southern Israel in the evening of May 26. One of them fell near the port city of Ashdod.

Commenting on the actions of the Israeli Air Force, the representative of the military department, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said that it was "a direct response to aggression against Israeli citizens." “The fact that Hamas’s territory is being used as a springboard to attack Israel is unacceptable, unacceptable and will have consequences,” he said.

Launched by Palestinian militants did not cause damage. None of the political forces claimed responsibility for the shelling.

In the summer of 2014, Israel launched Operation Indestructible Rock in the Gaza Strip, the goal of which was to stop the shelling of Jewish settlements from the territories controlled by Hamas. As a result of the hostilities that began on July 7 and lasted more than seven weeks, more than 2 were killed by thousands of Palestinians and more than 70 by Israelis. Since August 2014, the truce is officially in place between Israel and Palestine.

The state of Palestine was proclaimed in 1988 year. It includes territories in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Palestine recognized 135 countries, including Russia. De facto, much of Palestine is under Israeli control.