Exchange of fire between the Gaza Strip and Israel this mornin | Abu Ali Express in English

Exchange of fire between the Gaza Strip and Israel this morning

At 03:10 (last night) sirens were heard in the Israeli city of Ashkelon following the launch of a rocket from the Gaza Strip (which was intercepted by an Iron Dome system).

At 06:30, the IDF responded by attacking Hamas' Saladin military post, located a the northern Gaza Strip. IDF UAVs first fired a warning shot ("Knock on the roof"), followed by nine missiles. Perpendicular fire column were seen during the attack, similar to past IDF attacks using bunker-penetrating missiles. The target of this attack appears to have been located deep underneath the military post.

At 07:03, an IDF UAV fired a single missile at a Hamas observation post in the eastern Zeitun neighborhood of Gaza City (apparently another "Knock on the roof"), ten minutes later the post was attacked again and destroyed.

At 07:27, another observation post in the east of the Zeitun neighborhood in Gaza City was attacked.

At 07:35, it was reported that another observation post, this time in the Beit Hanun area in the northern Gaza Strip, was attacked. This is probably the observation post from the clip published by the IDF. Palestinians point out that despite the attack, this observation post is still standing (attached shortly are the clip of the attack and a photo of the observation post following the attack).

Shortly afterwards, machine gun fire was reported from the Gaza Strip at the Moshav of Nativ Ha'asara. According to official Hamas statements, this was in response to the IDF's attacks.

Unofficial Gazan sources draw attention to the fact that the rocket which started the exchange of fire was fired at Ashkelon at the exact time of death of the 3 military operatives killed by the IDF in Jenin yesterday (same time, 24 hours later).