Israeli jets strike targets in Syria, Gaza
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| the sun sets as violence flares up between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces over the Gaza border, in Gaza City |
The Isreali Air Force has struck the Islamic Jihad militant
group in both Gaza and Syria, after the group fired a barrage of rockets at
Israel.
By Nathan Morley
Tensions in the region have been mounting. Israeli jets have
launched air-strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip and Syria,
killing two militants, in retaliation for several barrages of rocket attacks
fired by the group into Isreal.
The so-called Islamic Jihad is considered a proxy force of
Iran and based Syria. The group is also now the second-largest Palestinian
militant faction, after Hamas.
According to a military statement from Jerusalem, targets
included compounds, underground bunkers, areas used to store materials used for
making rockets, and an anti-tank missile training range.
Overnight, around thirty rockets were fired into southern
Israel from the Gaza Strip, but many were shot-down by the country’s Iron Dome
anti-rocket system, while others fell in open areas and farmland.
Further hostilities are anticipated, and the IDF (Israeli
Defence Force) said it was closing roads, schools, and a railway line near the
Gaza Strip.
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