Posted on 12/20/2014 12:21:48 PM PST by Patriot777
Tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territories are expected to heighten after Israeli aircraft bombed a site in the Khan Younis area of the southern Gaza Strip on Friday (December 19).
The target is believed to have been a Hamas base.
According to a spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the attack was in response to a rocket fired from Gaza, which hit an open area in the south of Israel.
There are no reports of casualties following either strike.
Israel’s attacks are the first since a seven-week war on Gaza ended three months ago.
The incident is expected to put a further strain on an already tense Israeli-Palestinian relationship.
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Israeli-occupied West Bank have all seen months of violent clashes.
A day before the strikes, Israel denounced a Palestinian-proposed UN Security Council draft resolution for peace.
In addition to calling for peace within a year, the resolution proposes an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories by 2017.
Commenting on the proposal, Yuval Steinitz, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, said:
“This Palestinian move is a hostile and extremely unfriendly step against Israel. It’s not a step towards peace, it’s a step towards war.”
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Thanks Patriot777.
Sock it to ‘em!
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Israel’s attacks are the first since a seven-week war on Gaza ended three months ago.
Let me correct this for them...
The Palestinian terrorist’s attacks are the first since a seven-week war on Gaza ended three months ago.
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