Reuters reported on the 23rd, citing local residents, that the Israeli army had launched a large-scale attack on the northern Gaza Strip overnight.
According to the news agency, residents of northern Gaza and Hamas-run media reported that Israeli military tanks carried out a raid east of the city of Beit Hanoun in the northernmost part of the Gaza Strip, but did not penetrate deeply. to the city.
On Israel’s southern border, thick black plumes were seen rising in the northern Gaza Strip, and intense gunfire was heard east of Beit Hanun and Jabalia, Reuters news agency reported.
Doctors and Hamas media in the western city of Beit Lahia, near Beit Hanoun, said that a number of people were injured in the attack on a mosque, as well as people who had gathered on a coastal road to collect air support.
The Israeli military attack on northern Gaza was the strongest in weeks, local residents said.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army said that rockets had been launched from northern Gaza towards Israel during the night, and that over the past day fighter jets and Air Force aircraft had carried out precision strikes against around 25 terrorist targets, including military infrastructure, observation posts. , terrorists, and launchers throughout the Gaza Strip He said it was done.
Islamic Jihad, a militant group linked to Hamas, claimed responsibility for the rocket attack on Israel.
VOA News
* This article refers to Reuters.
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