Hamas
Hamas in Gaza is intent on preparing armed sleeper cells throughout the West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria)—not only to create an ability to attack Israel, but also to target its internal rival, the Palestinian Authority.
The Home Front Command lifted security restrictions on Gaza-border communities on Thursday after a night without rocket fire from Gaza. The decision was made by the IDF and Israel’s Security Cabinet.
AFP’s own photos demonstrate that the home was destroyed, and the accompanying caption makes clear that a house “was hit.”
Hamas thinks that by playing a game of dangerous brinkmanship and ramping up the pressure on Israel, Jerusalem will be more likely to enter into an arrangement that lifts security restrictions on Gaza. It is a gamble that could blow up in Hamas’s face.
Clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza rioters continued, with Gazans attacking and damaging the border fence with explosives.
“Israel views with utmost gravity the attacks against it on the fence, on the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip, on Beersheva—everywhere. I said, at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, that if these attacks do not stop—we will stop them,” said the Israeli prime minister.
The mother woke her children and evacuated them to the home’s bomb shelter just seconds before the medium-range grad rocket smashed the house deep inside Israeli territory.
“Our peace plan intends to bring them together. Make no mistake; we are in this to help all Palestinians, in both the West Bank and Gaza,” said Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration’s envoy to the Mideast.
During the incident, some 20 Arabs rushed through the border and ran towards an Israeli sniper’s nest.
“The barbaric terrorist organization Hamas sees all human life as completely disposable,” said the Endowment for Middle East Truth. “This abominable tactic must be put to an end.”
The Trump administration is planning to unveil its peace plan in the coming months, and administration officials have said that both sides will need to compromise. That doesn’t sit so well with the Islamic Movement in Israel.
Six trucks carrying 450,000 liters of fuel crossed through Kerem Shalom, with at least one making its way to the central power station in Gaza City. The fuel was part of a $60 million fuel donation from Qatar.
