JERUSALEM – The clash between Israel e Hamas, which also involves Tel Aviv. The Palestinian organization announced that it had fired 130 rockets towards Israel’s second city, where warning sirens were heard. Not far away, in Holon, a bus was hit and four people were injured, including the bus driver who is in critical condition. Among the other three people who were not seriously injured was a five-year-old child. A building was hit in Rishon Lezion and a woman died. She is the third Israeli victim of the clashes, after the other two women killed by rockets in Ashkelon, in southern Israel. Another Palestinian rocket also hit one of the most important strategic infrastructures of the same town: the Red-Med Land Bridge pipeline that connects the Mediterranean to the port of Eilat on the Red Sea.
The attacks were claimed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, with the latter’s armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, which stated in a statement: “If the enemy continues to target residential buildings and civilians, Tel Aviv will remain under the fire of the resistance “.
A few hours earlier, Israel had destroyed a 12-story building in the Strip – where Hamas offices were located – preceding the attack with warning shots and thus giving the people inside time to flee. Another building, in the evening, was then brought down in Gaza City, the al-Jawharah.
The Palestinian front currently has a total of 28 victims, including 10 children. An Israeli army spokesman said 15 dead are “Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives” and confirmed that Israeli forces hit military targets linked to the two terrorist organizations overnight, in an operation called “Guardians of the walls “, while Hamas has renamed it” The sword of Jerusalem “.
The battle of Jerusalem: Hamas rockets on the city
by Sharon Nizza
As of Monday evening, and before the attack on Tel Aviv, some 480 rockets had been fired by various Palestinian groups from Gaza, according to the Israeli army. Of these, 90 percent would have been intercepted by the Iron Dome system. On the same day, Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Israeli citizens saying that “the rockets on Jerusalem are a red line” and that the ongoing operation “may take time”. And today he reiterated: “We have decided to further increase the power and pace of the attacks. Hamas will receive a blow it does not expect.” Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh released a statement underlining the direct connection between what is happening in Jerusalem – where violent clashes have been going on for weeks – and in Gaza: “When Al Quds calls, Gaza responds. We will continue until Israel ceases its terrorist attack in Al Aqsa “.
Jerusalem, in the Sheikh Jarrah trench. The neighborhood of the disputed houses where the fuse was reignited
by Sharon Nizza
At the same time Hamas deputy Saleh al Arouri would be in contact with Egypt, Qatar, Jordan and the United Nations to find mediation with Israel. US Undersecretary of State Antony Blinken, on the sidelines of a meeting with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, expressed “concern for the launch of rockets from Gaza, which must stop immediately” as well as for the violence in Jerusalem. “All parties need to curb the escalation,” he said.
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by our correspondent Anna Lombardi
Meanwhile, the violent clashes that have inflamed Jerusalem in recent weeks last night have spread throughout the country, in areas inhabited by a mixed Arab and Jewish population. In the city of Lod, a group of young Arabs attacked some homes of Jewish citizens with stone throwing and setting fire to objects. A 25-year-old boy was killed and police arrested one of the Jewish residents suspected of shooting the assailants.
Violent incidents occurred overnight in Lod and Ramle, mixed towns in central Israel, with synagogues, shops and cars set alight by Arab demonstrators. The media reports. In particular, according to Channel 12 TV there are three synagogues set on fire in Lod and many cars. The same source reported that the police are escorting some “terrified Jewish residents” out of their homes. Schools in southern and central Israel will be closed on Wednesday, from Herzliya to the south, due to rockets fired from Gaza. This was announced by the regional military command, according to local media reports.
The UN Security Council will hold a new emergency meeting on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians on Wednesday, the second in three days. The new session was requested by Tunisia, Norway and China. The first meeting yesterday, requested by Tunis, ended without any joint declaration by the Council due to the reluctance of the United States to adopt a text “at this stage”.
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