RNA - "This (the missile strikes) shows that normalization of Arab-Israeli relations, declaration of Quds as the Israeli capital and the (US-sponsored) Deal of the Century are dreams that will not come true and the Zionist regime will not attain them," Amir Abdollahian said on Saturday.
He added that US President Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jerad Kushner's attempts to materialize the Deal of the Century plot will prove futile and "they only seem practical on paper", not in action.
His remarks came after Hamas resistance movement last Monday night carried out its most intensive shelling of Israel since the 2014 Gaza war in retaliation for a cross-border commando raid and airstrikes. Gaza's retaliatory anti-tank missile, Kornet ATGM, hit a bus carrying Israeli forces, destroying the vehicle and killing one of them and injuring several.
Also, rocket sirens sounded throughout Southern Israeli settlements, including in Be'er Sheva, Ashkelon and Sderot. The sirens prompted thousands of settlers to rush for bomb shelters.
The Israel Defense Forces claimed that the Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted around 100 out of some 400 launches from Gaza.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the massive barrage of rockets and projectiles fired into Southern parts of the occupied territories, near the so-called border fence. The group's military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, warned Tel Aviv it would bomb more places in Israel if attacks on Gaza continued.
Al-Qassam Brigades held the leadership of the Israeli occupation state fully responsible for what happened in Ashkelon, warning that there will be unprecedented strikes against Israeli targets if its aggression does not stop.
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