Responding to gunfire from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the Israel Protection Forces struck a Hamas statement submit close to the Palestinian metropolis of Beit Hanoun, the navy stated.
The airstrike got here after a bullet hit a locksmith’s workshop within the southern city of Netiv Ha’asara earlier within the day.
No one was harm within the incident.
It was not instantly clear if the shot was errant hearth or intentional.
Regardless, the IDF launched airstrikes in response.
Final month a related incident occurred, apparently as Hamas safety forces clashed with Palestinians near the northern Gaza border. The navy assessed that shot was errant hearth, and didn’t reply.
A bullet fired from the Gaza Strip after it hit an industrial construction in Netiv Ha’asara, July 19, 2022. (Israel Protection Forces).
Tuesday’s incident got here after 4 rockets have been fired at southern Israel from Gaza on Saturday, inflicting no injury, however drawing an Israeli airstrike in response.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid stated Sunday that Israel will reply “swiftly and forcefully” to any assaults from the Strip.
“This authorities’s coverage has not modified. To any hearth, any incendiary balloon — we’ll reply swiftly and forcefully, and with out hesitation,” Lapid stated, lauding the IDF for its response to the rocket hearth.
In keeping with the IDF, its airstrike on Saturday considerably set again Hamas’s weapon manufacturing capabilities.
