Hamas says it fired 5000 rockets in 20 minutes into Israel
Hamas says it fired 5000 rockets in 20 minutes into Israel
Ashkelon, Israel
Hamas on Saturday launched an unprecedented attack against Israel, killing at least 40, reported Middle East Eye.
The attack occurred during a Jewish holiday.
“We decided to put an end to all the crimes of the occupation (Israel). Their time for rampaging without being held accountable is over,” said the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas which controls the Gaza Strip.
“We announce Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and we fired, in the first strike of 20 minutes, more than 5,000 rockets.”
Hamas released a video showing three men captured by its fighters.
An AFP journalist saw armed Palestinians gathered around an Israeli tank, which was partially in flames, after they crossed the border fence from Khan Yunis in Gaza.
Another AFP journalist saw Palestinians returning to Gaza City driving a seized Israeli Humvee. Hamas calls to ‘join battle’ Hamas called on “the resistance fighters in the West Bank” as well as “our Arab and Islamic nations” to join the battle, in a statement posted on Telegram.
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which fought a devastating war against Israel in 2006, hailed the Palestinians’ “heroic operation on a grand scale”.
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