Israeli Chopper Strikes Southern Gaza Strip

An Israeli combat helicopter carried out an overnight aerial attack on the Southern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, claiming that the airstrike was conducted in response to a purported rocket attack from the impoverished enclave.

News ID: 442722

Date: 30 December 2018 - 14:42

RNA - The Israeli military said in a brief statement on its twitter account in the early hours of Saturday that an Israeli “attack helicopter targeted a Hamas military post in Southern Gaza”, Middle East News reported.

There was no immediate report of possible casualties and the extent of damage inflicted in the Israeli air raid.

The Israeli military also added that its airstrike against the Palestinian resistance movement was “in response” to an alleged rocket fire from Gaza into the occupied territories on Friday night that fell in an open area and caused no casualties or damage.

Tel Aviv bombards Gaza from time to time, claiming the assaults are in response to rocket attacks of the resistance groups.

The Gaza Strip has been witnessing tensions since late March, which marked the start of the “Great March of Return” protests demanding the right to return for the Palestinians driven out of their homeland.

More than 250 Palestinians have so far been killed and over 25,000 others wounded in the renewed Gaza clashes, according to the latest figures released by the Gaza Health Ministry.

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