Israel Strikes Hamas In Gaza As Border Protests Turn Into Guerilla Warfare

The Israeli army was busy last night, and in addition to launching an air strike on a Syria air field, following several weeks of increased tensions at the Israel-Gaza border, the IDF also struck a Hamas military compound in northern Gaza in response to the Sunday discovery of two explosive devices - allegedly placed near the border by a group of Palestinians who breached the fence, according to Arutz Sheva.

Israel fired at least seven artillery shells at three targets - though the IDF denied claims that they had come under fire as initial reports claimed.

The IDF views with great severity the attempt led by the Hamas terrorist organization to turn the fence into a combat zone while attempting to damage and destroy the security and defense infrastructures,” said the IDF Spokesperson's unit in a statement. 

The Gaza shelling came shortly after Israel conducted a strike on Syria's T-4 airfield near the country's third-largest city - firing on the facility from Lebanese airspace. 

Tensions along the Israel-Gaza border have deteriorated in recent weeks - with tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators kicking off the "March of Return" protests on March 30, which quickly devolved into what the IDF described as a "violent riot" resulting in the reported deaths of 29 Palestinians so far. 

Hamas's armed wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigades, announced that five of the deceased were members of their group, while the IDF said twelve of the dead belonged to the organization. 

Shortly after the protests began, a video emerged depicting a young man who was shot in the back as he appeared to run away from Israeli positions near the Israel-Gaza border. 

When reached for comment, the IDF responded with the following statement: 

The Hamas terrorist organization has published several videos, some of which only depict parts of incidents while others are edited or completely fabricated.

During yesterday’s violent riots and terrorist attacks, IDF troops faced gunshots, infiltration attempts, damage to security infrastructure, firebombs, rocks and rolling burning tires. The IDF operated in strict accordance with the rules of engagement, firing only when necessary and avoiding civilians strategically placed by Hamas in harm’s way. IDF operational activity prevented the Hamas terrorist organization’s objective to harm security infrastructure and attempts to violate Israeli sovereignty.

“Don’t take Hamas’s propaganda as fact. The IDF will continue operating in order to ensure Israeli sovereignty is not breached and to protect Israeli civilians. The participants of the violent riots are situating themselves in a dangerous area, thus putting themselves in harm’s way”

Gaza health officials say that in addition to the 29 protesters killed during clashes with the IDF, nearly 3,000 have reportedly been wounded.

Comments

Adolph.H. yomutti2 Mon, 04/09/2018 - 13:53 Permalink

Wrong you are my little hasbara friend. 

The Satanist colony of Palestine lost all legitimacy the same way the English did with Gandhi. There is no coming back.

The shame of supporting the blatant Jewish victimisation lie will become more than a liability to every politician. Watch them finding excuses now. 

And soon they will lose all relevance. 

And the breach will open and the dam will crack once the old news that the hollowcost (tm) was a hoax. That will be their little Armageddon, ww3 or not. 

Then Jews will have to wander again for a few decades at least because nobody's going to want them anywhere near them... until they can pull a new trick. Full cycle again. 

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It's okay not to be Jew. 

 

 

 

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lincolnsteffens beepbop Mon, 04/09/2018 - 16:59 Permalink

A former Israeli citizen told me that if there are any direct Hebrew descendants left they are probably the Yemenite Jews. All the others got absorbed into other ethnic groups from China to the Middle East to Western Europe long ago.

What we have here is the result of excessive immigration which causes a lack of assimilation into the host region. Same as the crap that is ever increasing in the EU.  Too many European Jews flooding into an ancient Arab tribal Society they were not interested in trying to blend into.

This is not to say the tribal clashes in the Middle East are abating. A tribal group has its own style of dress and manners of speech. If you are not from the tribal group you stand out as different and therefor suspect. In Syria it is the Alawites who rule the country as a powerful minority. Without the Alawites to keep order the Sunni and Shia would massacre each other. There are even subdivisions within the Sunni and Shia that mistrust those of the same basic sect.

The question of how we fix this is ridiculous. We don't understand it and even if we did we do not have the will ( translation - military power and capitol ) to fix it. These myriad groups of independent people must work out their own problems or destroy each other if they can't.

An interesting novel to read on these divisions of culture is The Hodge. Sometimes the leaders of a tribe or village are unable to do the right thing for all is because the culture will not allow it even though they see the wisdom of a change.

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BobPaulson Adolph.H. Mon, 04/09/2018 - 14:20 Permalink

Israel is running the largest prison on the planet and the world seems to not really care. The inmates can choose either death, or death. It appears they are opting for death on this one. 

Media coverage between Gaza atrocities and Syrian atrocities are so skewed it looks like a psychology experiment or a scene from "Wag The Dog".

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two hoots strannick Mon, 04/09/2018 - 13:18 Permalink

We have a new government and it does not include Congress or the President or the people.

This is not a military mission, it is a State Dept/CIA/NSA/Brookings mission with no clear objectives that will be/can be presented to the people.  And most importantly no members are in elected positions.   The constitution is now irrelevant and realistically, neutered by this new power.  And the President is NOT commander-in-chief of those agencies/think tanks.  Even as commander-in-chief he is incapable of pulling the military out?????  Art of what deal?

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rgraf Juggernaut x2 Mon, 04/09/2018 - 15:47 Permalink

Both Hamas and Hezbollah were created by Israel. They were both minor players, until Israel funded them, to undermine existing movements. The IDF hasn't messed with Hezbollah, because they don't want to fight both Syria and Iran at the same time. Syria was attacked years ago, because they were preventing Israel from attacking Lebanon. With Lebanon in ruins, they turned to Syria. If they get Syria neutered, they won't hesitate to go after Iran.

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DingleBarryObummer Mon, 04/09/2018 - 13:06 Permalink

they should have put their white-skinned imposter zio-nazi country somewhere else, maybe some island somewhere.  This location that was chosen in the balfour declaration is causing lots of problems.

Boing_Snap Erek Mon, 04/09/2018 - 14:34 Permalink

Inner collectivist is more comprehensive.

In regards to Israel and Nazism they were working together prior to and during the war. The oppression of Jews was amplified by the Zionist declaration of war in the 30s making the fringe Nazi concepts acceptable regarding Jews to the average German.

You see Nazis and Zionists both wanted Jews out of Germany, problem was Israel at that time was not a modern country, but rather a third world area riddled with terrorists.

Eichmann's 1937 trip inspired a medal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTWiIsD_57M

 

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Brazen Heist Mon, 04/09/2018 - 13:13 Permalink

And if the Palestinians march in a few hundred thousand unarmed, peaceful protesters from the West Bank and Gaza at once, we will watch Israel commit an atrocity that is passed off as Kosher.