Israeli aggression on Gaza continues for the fourth day
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Israeli occupation forces are conducting fresh air raids on the Gaza Strip in continuation of their aggression.
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A Palestinian man recovers personal belongings from the rubble of a building hit by an earlier Israeli airstrike in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2023. (AFP)
The Israeli occupation forces launched for the fourth consecutive day a series of air raids all over the Gaza Strip.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that the Israeli air force targeted agricultural land, east of Gaza City. The air raid was accompanied by a series of airstrikes on farm land in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
Our correspondent in Gaza also reported that Israeli occupation forces attacked the Al-Tannur neighborhood east of Rafah with a UAV strike.
A target in the Al-Salam neighborhood, in the south of Rafah, was also struck by a UAV.
The Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, currently ongoing for nearly four days straight, has so far claimed the lives of 30 people, including six children and three women, and wounded 93 people, including 32 children and 17 women, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported.
The Palestinian Resistance responded to the crimes of the Israeli occupation by launching barrages of rockets toward the occupied Palestinian territories, and it continues to do so, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement's military wing, Abu Hamza, said Thursday.
"By assassinating our senior officials and freedom fighters will only bolster our will to fight against the enemy," Abu Hamza underlined during a televised speech.
"The resistance exceeded all of the Zionists' expectations by the nature of its response," Abu Hamza stressed.
Salvoes of Gaza rockets hit Israeli settlements
The IOF's Spokesperson reported that around 866 rockets were fired on "Israel" since the escalation began.
Earlier, the Palestinian Resistance Factions' Joint Operations room published video footage showing the launching of rockets toward the settlement of "Rehovot" and other settlements in the Gaza envelope as part of Operation Avenging the Free.
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The Palestinian Resistance factions underlined that the shelling was in response to the Israeli occupation forces' assassination of Islamic Jihad military commanders.
Resistance capable of harming enemy
The Palestinian Resistance factions' joint operations room said it would not back down, and the assassinations will only make it stronger as its revenge continues.
"We say to the cowardly enemy that by heading toward a policy of bombing people's homes, it is committing a miscalculation," the resistance factions said in a statement.
The joint room of the Palestinian resistance factions also made it clear that the resistance was capable of inflicting severe damage upon the enemy.
"Israel" assassinating Palestinian freedom fighters
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, announced on Friday morning that the Israeli occupation forces assassinated commander Ahmad Mahmoud Abu Daqqa in an air raid conducted on Khan Yunis.
This took place 24 hours after three Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building in Hamad City, northwest of Khan Yunis, the Gaza Strip.
Al-Quds Brigades also announced the martyrdom of Ali Hassan Ghali, a member of the group's military council and the head of the brigades' missile unit, saying he was martyred in an Israeli assassination executed at dawn Wednesday alongside several other PIJ fighters in the north of Khan Yunis.
Egypt-mediated talks gain stream: Israeli media
Israeli media reported that officials in the security and military establishment have informed Netanyahu that efforts may be made to put an end to the operation.
Israeli media reported Friday morning that optimism was growing that a ceasefire could be drawing nearer as Egypt-mediated talks restart.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported Thursday night that talks for a truce, mediated by Egypt, had been restarted after previously appearing to have failed, stressing that Egyptian negotiators were optimistic about the prospects for a truce.
Israeli media also revealed that US President Joe Biden's administration officials stressed to "Israel" the need to de-escalate the ongoing situation in Gaza.
