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Israel. Retaliation against Gaza after rocket fire

Planes israelis bombed Thursday evening the Gaza Strip, according to security sources Palestinian, shortly after rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave, announced by the Israeli army.

Two rockets fired by Palestinians exploded in the vicinity of the security fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel, the army said.

According to witnesses in Gaza, these rockets fell in Palestinian territory.

Light damage was noted in Khan Younès, in the southern Gaza Strip, after the Israeli raid, according to security sources.

Israeli tanks bombed Hamas positions in Gaza Strip Thursday morning in response to incendiary balloon fire, against the backdrop of diplomatic negotiations to curb the escalation between Israel and the Islamist movement.

The Hebrew state has been bombing the Gaza Strip almost every night since August 6, in response to the launching of incendiary balloons, or more rarely rockets, from this enclave of two million inhabitants towards Israel.

Israel also tightened its blockade on Gaza, in force for more than a decade, by prohibiting Gazan fishermen from going out to sea and by closing the only point of passage for goods between Gaza and Israel, which has hampered fuel deliveries. and contributed to the “Complete closure” Tuesday of the only power station in this Palestinian territory.

Since the exchange of fire began two weeks ago, Israel had mainly carried out airstrikes, and tank fire was seen Thursday by security sources in Gaza as a possible desire for de-escalation by Israel.

These exchanges of fire took place after the visit to Gaza and Israel of a delegation from Egypt, an Arab country bordering this Palestinian territory and having already signed peace with the Hebrew state (1979), and had notably played the intermediary last year to promote a truce between the two camps.

But despite this truce, which included millions of dollars in financial aid from the Emirate of Qatar to Gaza, Hamas and Israel clash sporadically.

Rockets and incendiary balloons, for example, have been fired in recent months from Gaza towards Israel, in order to urge the Jewish state to allow the transit of these sums or, more generally, to try to lift the blockade.

List of requests

But the truce also provided for the financing of development projects in the Gaza Strip and the granting of work permits in Israel to Gazan workers, in order to give a little oxygen to the economy in this enclave where the rate of unemployment exceeds 50%, of which more than 65% among young people.

According to corroborating sources interviewed by AFP, it is these issues that are at the heart of the current dispute between Hamas and Israel.

According to a source close to Hamas requesting anonymity, the Israeli government told the Egyptian delegation that it expected a ” return to calm “ before considering the ” Implementation “ parts of the truce agreement like “The extension of the industrial zone of eastern Gaza” and the construction of a new power line to the enclave.

Hamas has asked to double the number of Gazan workers who can cross into Israel to work there to 10,000 once anti-Covid measures are lifted, according to this source.

Finally, the truce agreement provided for monthly financial assistance of 30 million until the end of September. However, according to this same source close to Hamas, “Qatar has agreed to increase the financial grant by $ 10 million per month”.

The chairman of the Qatar committee for the reconstruction of Gaza, Ambassador Mohammed Al Emadi, reported on Wednesday evening “Intensive efforts to contain the escalation” between Israel and Hamas. On Thursday morning, Qatar did not comment on the information on the renewal and enhancement of its aid to Gaza.

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