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Israeli raids on Gaza are renewed… and Jihad promises confrontation for months

May 13, 2023

Israeli raids

An Israeli raid hit a target near the Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City. Israeli planes targeted agricultural land in the area of ​​Al-Khazendar train station in the northern Gaza Strip. Planes bombarded agricultural land near the riding area in the northern Gaza Strip. The bombardment also extended to an agricultural area in the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis. The Israeli army released a statement saying it was attacking Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza. Previously, Israeli raids had destroyed a house in the Za’anin area and another in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip.

A batch of missiles on Israel

Minutes after the Israeli raids, Palestinian factions launched a barrage of rockets into southern Israel. Sirens sounded in Ashkelon, more than 20 km from the Gaza Strip, then sirens sounded in Ashdod, where a Palestinian rocket landed. In the morning, the factions fired a batch of rockets at the Ashkelon area and Gaza border settlements.

Jihad threatens

Through its Telegram channel, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Jihad movement, vowed a protracted confrontation with Israel that would last for months.

She said: “The resistance has prepared for months of confrontation, and we have a long spirit and a great loyal grassroots incubator, and those who have done wrong will know who to turn to.

The movement has 6,000 missiles.

The statement comes hours after Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi spoke about the jihad arsenal.

Hanegbi said the movement has 6,000 missiles in its arsenal, and Hamas has 4 times that number, according to Reuters.

Hanegbi added that Israel was more focused on shooting gunmen in Gaza right now than on reaching a ceasefire that would end the latest round of cross-border fighting that erupted last Tuesday. .

Army kills two young men in Balata

The Israeli army killed two young men, Waseem al-Araj and Saed Mashah, during the raid on the Balata refugee camp near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

The army killed the two young men in clashes that erupted in the camp, which it stormed in order to arrest a wanted man who said he planned to carry out explosive operations against Israel, but the army did not arrest him.

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Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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