Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire from the Strip

13 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israeli Army has launched during the early hours of this Monday air strikes against military complexes of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip in response to the launch hours before of rockets towards Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reiterated their accusation of Hamas, holding the organization responsible “for all terrorist activity emanating from Gaza”, and stating that “it will pay the price for security violations against Israel”, as it has argued. in a statement by the Israeli Armed Forces on its profile on the social network Twitter.

Thus, the IDF has detailed that “in response to the launch of rockets from Gaza to Israel”, the Israeli combat planes “an underground complex containing raw materials used for the manufacture of rockets belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas”.

“This attack constitutes significant damage to the ability of Hamas — which controls the Gaza Strip — to strengthen and arm itself,” the Israeli army concluded.

Hours before, the IDF announced the demolition of two rockets that were fired around 4:00 am (local time) from Gaza, which have not been claimed by Hamas, as reported by ‘The Jerusalem Post’.