The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes early Friday morning against a Hamas subway rocket production and development complex in the Gaza Strip in response to the launching hours earlier of missiles into Israel.
According to the Israeli army, this counterattack «will damage the attempts of the terrorist organization Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to strengthen itself and arm itself with rockets,» The Jerusalem Post reported.
«The Hamas terrorist organization is responsible for what is happening in the Gaza Strip and is the one who will pay the price for security violations against the State of Israel,» added the IDF in a statement posted on the social network Twitter.
Hours earlier, the Israeli Armed Forces had warned of the launching of four rockets from the Gaza Strip.
After 21:00 (local time), air raid sirens began to sound in the towns of Kissufim, Ein HaShlosha and Nirim, all located near the border with Gaza, according to the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.
According to the IDF, the country’s air defense system, known as Iron Dome, has managed to intercept one of the projectiles allegedly launched from Palestinian territory.
The other three rockets, launched moments later, failed to set off the anti-aircraft alarms and it is estimated that they may have fallen short and ended up landing on Palestinian territory.
Health authorities in the country have reported that no injuries or deaths have been reported.
According to the above-mentioned media, these attacks were carried out hours after Farouk Salameh, identified as «commander» of the Palestinian Jihad group, was killed during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin.
