Palestinians in Gaza launched a missile into Israel on Saturday evening. Israel strikes back by hitting northern Gaza.
By: WIN Staff
Palestinians from one of the Gaza Strip’s terror factions fired a rocket from the coastal enclave into Israel on Saturday, the IDF announced.
There were no reports of casualties in the attack and no Palestinian group immediately claimed responsibility.
Israel responded by striking targets in northern Gaza.
The firing comes after a tense day of cross-border rocket launchings from the Hamas-controlled territory and Israeli artillery and airstrikes.
The Gaza Strip has been relatively calm as part of an informal truce between its Hamas rulers and Israel, but tension has simmered this week after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Palestinians promptly rejected the U.S. plan, consistent with the rejectionist position Palestinian leaders have adopted since the Jewish state was established.
While the Palestinians claim they want an “independent state” they have refused to adopt any comprehensive peace plan to date and currently maintain a complete boycott of the White House and its envoys.
On Friday, the Israeli Air Force carried out strikes in Gaza in response to three rocket attacks from the Strip.
Although no one was directly hurt by the rocket fire, a three-week-old baby girl in Sderot suffered a serious head injury. Her mother had tripped while running down the stairs leading to a safe room, causing the baby to fall out of her arms.
“She was barely conscious,” said Magen David Adom paramedic Nathaniel Yamin.
According to a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and regional spokesperson in Sderot, the infant “suffered a severe head injury.”
After receiving initial treatment, “she was transported to the hospital conscious and at this time is listed as being in serious condition.”
“Rockets, explosive balloons and sniper shots were fired from #Gaza into #Israel throughout the day,” the IDF tweeted, referring to Thursday’s violence.
“We just responded by striking Hamas terror targets in Gaza including underground infrastructure used to manufacture weapons. We hold Hamas responsible,” the army stated, adding that “the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System intercepted 2 rockets mid-air.”
Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have heightened in the days leading up to and following President Donald Trump’s release of his Mideast peace plan on Tuesday. Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have rejected the Trump plan and have threatened violence.
On Wednesday, thousands of Palestinians heeded Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s call for a day of rage by taking to the streets in Judea and Samaria, the Jordan Valley and Gaza to protest the peace deal. (World Israel News)
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