On Thursday morning, Israeli aircraft bombed sites of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza City, after rockets were fired from the Strip in response to the massacre committed by the occupation army in the city of Nablus in the West Bank, while the Israeli police raised the state of alert in anticipation of Palestinian retaliation.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that Israeli fighters bombed this morning a site for the Palestinian factions west of Gaza City and another site in the center of the Strip.
Agence France-Presse also reported that Israeli planes carried out raids targeting sites of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of the Palestinian resistance movement (Hamas), noting that the "Badr" site near the Shati refugee camp was among the sites that were bombed.
The Israeli army also announced that it had carried out several raids on the Gaza Strip in response to the firing of rockets at Israeli settlements.
Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that a number of missiles were fired at dawn today towards the Israeli settlements bordering the Strip.
For its part, the Israeli army said that the Iron Dome intercepted 5 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, while another landed in an open area, pointing to the activation of warning sirens in Ashkelon and Sderot in the Gaza border area.
The bombing-by-bombing equation
Commenting on the recent developments, a spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that the resistance proves the equation of bombing with bombing, adding that the response to aggression will remain present.
For his part, the Islamic Jihad spokesman said that the resistance is ready and will not abandon its duties and obligations in responding to aggression wherever it occurs.
These developments come after the death of 11 Palestinians and the wounding of more than 100 others yesterday, Wednesday, when the occupation forces stormed the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
Among the martyrs who were buried yesterday evening, in the presence of large crowds, were an elderly man and a boy, and members of the "Nablus Battalion" of the Islamic Jihad Movement, and the "Lions' Den" group, which includes resistance fighters from different factions.
The Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Jihad movement, announced the martyrdom of the commander of the Nablus Brigade, Muhammad Abu Bakr Junaidi, during the confrontations, and Hamas announced that one of its members was one of the martyrs in Nablus.
The Lions' Den group in Nablus called on its cadres to prepare for a response, and said in a statement that it would not back down and would continue the path.
For its part, the Al-Qassam Brigades in Gaza have warned that their patience is running out.
As for the Palestinian leadership, it called on the international community to intervene to protect the Palestinian people.
Israeli alert
In the meantime, the Israeli police announced yesterday evening that it has raised the alert level among its forces after the Nablus massacre.
The official Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that the police had raised the state of alert to one level below the highest level and was reinforcing the forces, especially in occupied Jerusalem and the seam areas.
The authority added that the main source of concern is individual attacks carried out by Palestinians, noting that the Israeli security establishment is preparing for possible retaliation from Gaza, the West Bank or occupied Jerusalem in the wake of the military operation in Nablus.
The official Israeli Broadcasting Authority indicated that preparations are underway for the possibility of launching rockets from the Gaza Strip.
For its part, Israeli Channel 12 said that National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir spoke with Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai about police preparations following the operation in Nablus and threats of retaliation, adding that Shabtai told Ben Gvir that the police would reinforce its forces in all areas.