China News Service, June 18th. According to a report by the US Chinese website on the 17th, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that the Israeli army had attacked targets in Gaza for the second time this week after a series of burning balloons triggered eight incidents in southern Israel. Fire.
On June 16, local time, Israel broke the ceasefire agreement and again launched an air strike on Gaza. The artillery shell exploded in the night.
In the early morning of the 16th, the Israel Defense Forces attacked the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) military targets in Gaza.
The airstrike was the first since the ceasefire agreement took effect last month. It was a response to burning balloons launched from Gaza, which caused 20 fires in the fields of southern Israel.
Less than 48 hours later, as burning balloons continued to be launched from Gaza, the IDF conducted a series of air strikes late on the 17th.
The Israel Defense Forces stated that their targets were military bases and launch sites belonging to Hamas.
The outside world has noticed that Hamas did not use rocket launches to respond to Israel’s air strikes on the 16th. It is considered that neither Israel nor Hamas want to see a full escalation of the situation.
However, the situation along the Israeli-Gaza border is still fragile. In an environment that has not yet returned to calm after the fighting last month, a misjudgment by either party may trigger an immediate and serious escalation.
On May 21, local time, in the Gaza Strip, a local family returned home to check the damage to the house.
On the evening of the 17th, the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces conducted a situation assessment, including the possibility of resuming fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Although militants have been sending balloons to Israel for many years, the Israeli military’s response to the Gaza air strike is a new escalation.
Israeli officials said this is part of the message to Hamas that any provocation will be attacked by force.
Former Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz served as a member of the Israeli cabinet when the conflict broke out last month.
He said that after that operation, "we decided to change the rules." "For every Israeli attack, there will be targeted assassinations and widespread attacks on Hamas targets."