Iran Press/ West Asia: With the rockets fired for targeting the Zionist settlements around the Gaza Strip, the alarm sounded at the Ben-Gurion airport in Tel Aviv and brought fear and panic to the passengers at this airport.
The escape and presence of Israelis in the shelters showed the fragility of the security of the Zionist regime once again.
The Palestinians have named the operation, “Al-Aqsa Flood”, or Al-Aqsa Storm operation.
“You can’t go about normalizing relations with Arab countries while also trying to expand into Palestinian territories,” Eldar told Al Jazeera.
“The image of status quo that you [Israel] can keep Gaza under blockade, you can keep expanding the settlements, and the Palestinian will sit back and say we approve your normalization with the [Persian] Gulf countries as long as workers from Gaza can make some money, isn’t going to work,” the columnist added.
Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political bureau has said, “The enemy besieging Gaza has planned to surprise it and escalate the aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip, in addition to the settlement and aggression that continues every moment in the West Bank, which seeks to uproot our people and expel them from their land, and the crimes of the occupation against our people in the 1948s, as it stands behind all the killing and assassination operations there, and the occupation’s continuation of detaining our prisoners for decades, and reneging on agreements when he re-arrested those liberated from the swap deal.
“For all of this, we are waging a battle of honor, resistance, and dignity to defend Al-Aqsa, under the title that was announced by Brother Commander-in-Chief Abu Khaled Al-Deif, “Al-Aqsa Flood”. This flood began in Gaza and will extend to the West Bank and abroad, and every place where our people and nation are present.”
Hamas made a ‘grave mistake’: Israel’s defense chief
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says Hamas has made a “grave mistake” by starting a war against Israel.
Israeli soldiers are “fighting the enemy at all the infiltration sites”, he was quoted as saying by local media.
“The State of Israel will win this war,” he added.
The U.S. is ‘closely monitoring’ the security situation in Israel
The US embassy in Israel says that it is “closely monitoring” the security situation in Israel after rocket attacks and the infiltration of Hamas fighters from Gaza.
“US citizens are reminded to remain vigilant and take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness as security incidents, including mortar and rocket fire, often take place without warning,” an embassy statement said.
It added that the US embassy personnel are currently sheltering in place.
US government personnel continue to be prohibited from travel to Gaza and areas within seven miles (11km) of Gaza, the statement said.
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