Israel bombs Hamas 'rocket launchers' in 'humanitarian area' in southern Gaza

MADRID, 8 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

In recent days, the Israeli Army has bombed "rocket launchers" of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamñas) in a "humanitarian area" designated by the Israeli authorities themselves west of the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Strip. of Gaza, within the framework of the offensive against the enclave.

"As a result of intelligence information and operational identifications carried out by the Southern Command, Air Force fighter planes carried out several attacks in recent days that destroyed three rocket launching points used by the terrorist organization Hamas," has said.

Thus, he detailed that "the launching positions were located in the humanitarian area west of Khan Yunis." "During the war, shots were fired from there towards the south of the country," the Israeli Army said in a statement published on its website.

"Before the attack, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) guaranteed the evacuation and departure of citizens from the area and precisely attacked the shuttles, without harming those who were not involved," he said. Although he has not specified what area it is, the attacks would have been carried out against Al Mauasi.

Along these lines, he stressed that "it is another clear example of the cynical and systematic exploitation carried out by the terrorist organization Hamas of humanitarian facilities and spaces for terrorist objectives, using the civilian population as 'human shields'."

Finally, it has confirmed that three projectiles launched from the surroundings of Khan Younis during Sunday night hit "open spaces" in southern Israel, with no information on casualties.

"Air Force planes attacked and destroyed the position from which the launch was carried out, along with other terrorist structures that were close to it," he concluded, without Hamas having commented for now on these latest attacks.

Israel launched its offensive against the Gaza Strip in response to the attacks carried out on October 7 by Hamas, which left some 1,200 dead and nearly 240 hostages. Since then, the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by the Islamist group, has reported the deaths of more than 33,100 Palestinians, to which more than 450 are added due to the actions of the security forces and attacks by Israeli settlers. in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.