The Palestinian Resistance factions have launched Operation Avenging the Free against the Israeli occupation in response to the occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Resistance declared through a statement published regarding the matter.

The Palestinian Resistance factions' joint operations room issued a statement regarding the retaliation effort, saying Operation Avenging the Free consisted of launching hundreds of rockets at the military sites of the Israeli occupation forces and illegal Israeli settlements.

Operation Avenging the Free comes in response to the assassination of senior officials through brutal air raids on the Gaza Strip, which led to the martyrdom of numerous Palestinian civilians due to the occupation's targeting of residential buildings.

"The bombing of residential homes, the violation of Palestinian sovereignty, and the killing of our men and leaders is a red line that must not be crossed," the joint operations room said. "The occupation's aggression will be fiercely met, and the enemy will pay dearly for its actions."

"All options are on the table for the Palestinian resistance, and if the occupation goes too far with its aggression and arrogance, dark days await it," the statement further stressed.

"The resistance will remain on all of the homelands' fronts as one unit and a sword and shield in the hands of our people, our land, and our sanctities," the Palestinian factions underlined.

This comes after the Israeli occupation launched at Tuesday dawn a heinous aggression against the Gaza Strip, targeting civilian homes and several locations, and murdering 21 Palestinians thus far, including women and children.

After the warplanes bombed the blockaded Strip, the Israeli government ordered its settlers in the settlements of the Gaza envelope to go into bomb shelters until further notice.

The Israeli occupation forces said the Israeli Air Force's air raids on Gaza have killed Jihad Ghannam, the chief of the southern command of the PIJ's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, and his wife.

The Israeli occupation's air raids also targeted Islamic Jihad spokesperson Tarek Ezzedine's house. The PIJ official was martyred.

Another martyr was the commander of the northern region of the Islamic Jihad, Commander Khalil Al-Bahtimi.

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