Smoke and fire following an airstrike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, early on January 2, 2022. (Said Khatib/AFP)
Times of Israel: Israel carries out airstrikes in Gaza in response to rockets off Tel Aviv coast
Strikes reportedly hit Hamas targets in southern part of Strip after defense officials warned of response to ‘serious and unacceptable’ launches against central Israel
The Israel Defense Forces carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza late Saturday night after two rockets fired from Gaza landed off the Tel Aviv coast on Saturday morning.
The IDF confirmed it had carried out the airstrikes and said more details were forthcoming.
Palestinian media reported the airstrikes in the southern part of the Strip shortly before midnight.
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Update #1: Videos: IDF Launches Multiple Retaliatory Strikes on Gaza After Two Rockets Land Near Tel Aviv (Sputnik)
Update #2: Israel is striking Gaza hours after rockets fired at Tel Aviv (Times of Israel)
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Why did Iron dome not hit the rockets? From the article only 2 rockets were fired (?).
ReplyDeleteThe rockets fell into the Med so they were out of the envelope or the trajectories were obvious and were going to land in the sea, so why waster ammo?
Maybe Hamas wanted to test Israel's reflexes. Is it worth it?\
Between COVID; onerous, wrongheaded, dictatorial government responses, inflation, fuel deficits, and rumors of war, no one is going t give a shit about Hamas.
If the rumors of war pan out, Hamas is gone. If the Israelis feel diplomatic about it they steam roll Hamas and give it over to Egypt or the PLO to administer. Giving it to the PLO makes some sense. It might not make a lot of sense, but it makes some sense. The PLO would settle scores.