Exacerbated situation in Gaza: Israel and Hamas exchange blows for two days

The aggravation in the region began on May 3. On Friday, traditional protest actions against the blockade of the region were held on the border of the Gaza Strip and Israel, writes Meduza.

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During one of the actions, two Israeli army soldiers guarding the fence on the demarcation line were injured from a firearm. In response, an Israeli drone hit a Hamas post in the sector, two fighters were hit. This was followed by clashes of demonstrators with soldiers on the line of demarcation, which resulted in suffered about xnumx people.

During the day 450 rockets were fired from Gaza in Israel. The massive shelling began early on the morning of May 4 and, as of the day of May 5, continues. About a third of the shells were intercepted by the Iron Dome system, 70% of the rest fell in an uninhabited area. As a result, missiles killed three people - as notes Reuters, this is the first case since the 2014 of the year when Israeli civilians were killed in shelling from Gaza.

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Israel hit the Gaza Strip with 220 targets. Military reported attacks on warehouses and command posts of Hamas and missile launch sites, as well as on the Islamic Jihad militant group. Victims of air raids steel ten people, including a pregnant woman and her one-year-old daughter (the Israeli military claimthat they died from an accidental hit by a Hamas missile). As a result, one of the air strikes was ruined Office of the Turkish news agency "Anadolu". Happy 5 May Army of Israel reported about the murder of a major figure of Hamas, who was responsible for financial flows from Iran.

How long the escalation will continue is unclear. Happy 5 May Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an order to the military to continue massive strikes, as well as to transport additional tanks, infantry and artillery to the border with the sector. Politician saidthat Hamas will pay a "high price" for the shelling. The ceasefire negotiations, of which Egypt usually acts as a mediator, According to Haaretz newspapers are not currently maintained.

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The militants threatened to disrupt Eurovision. Islamic Jihad grouping released a statement in which she promised not to allow the holding of "any festival aimed at harming Palestine." The song contest will be held in Tel Aviv from 14 to 18 in May; from 4 in May, the participants began to come to the country for rehearsals. Organizers already statedthat the situation around the Gaza Strip will not prevent its implementation.

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