(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Resistance fighters in Gaza resumed firing rockets and mortar shells at Israeli targets on Thursday morning following a series of Israeli air raids on the Strip overnight Wednesday.
The PIC reporter said that two rockets were fired from Rafah, two others from Khan Younis and a mortar shell was fired from central Gaza at the western Negev.
Israeli warplanes and reconnaissance planes, which launched 30 raids on Gaza overnight Wednesday, were still hovering over the besieged enclave on Thursday morning.
Islamic Jihad movement, which spearheaded the retaliatory strikes against Israeli targets, said that the Israeli occupation forces violated the calm agreement reached with Egyptian mediation in November 2012 more than 1,900 times.
Israeli officials voiced angry reactions to the firing of rockets at Israeli targets as apparently they did not expect such a response in view of past incidents in which no response was made to Israeli “targeted” killing of Gaza operatives following the calm agreement.
Israeli war Minister Moshe Ya'alon said that "those who try to fire towards Israel or will be involved in firing towards Israel will bear the responsibility.”
Israeli president Shimon Peres also stressed that Israel will respond with force to any fire from Gaza Strip. He added that "the rockets were launched by the Islamic Jihad but Hamas is responsible for the fire. Hamas should decide how they want to live – for every fire they will get fire right back, for every cease fire they will get a cease fire back."
Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu had made telephone consultations with a number of security officials and his war minister on Wednesday night and urged them to take all necessary measures to restore calm.
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The PIC reporter said that two rockets were fired from Rafah, two others from Khan Younis and a mortar shell was fired from central Gaza at the western Negev.
Israeli warplanes and reconnaissance planes, which launched 30 raids on Gaza overnight Wednesday, were still hovering over the besieged enclave on Thursday morning.
Islamic Jihad movement, which spearheaded the retaliatory strikes against Israeli targets, said that the Israeli occupation forces violated the calm agreement reached with Egyptian mediation in November 2012 more than 1,900 times.
Israeli officials voiced angry reactions to the firing of rockets at Israeli targets as apparently they did not expect such a response in view of past incidents in which no response was made to Israeli “targeted” killing of Gaza operatives following the calm agreement.
Israeli war Minister Moshe Ya'alon said that "those who try to fire towards Israel or will be involved in firing towards Israel will bear the responsibility.”
Israeli president Shimon Peres also stressed that Israel will respond with force to any fire from Gaza Strip. He added that "the rockets were launched by the Islamic Jihad but Hamas is responsible for the fire. Hamas should decide how they want to live – for every fire they will get fire right back, for every cease fire they will get a cease fire back."
Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu had made telephone consultations with a number of security officials and his war minister on Wednesday night and urged them to take all necessary measures to restore calm.
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