Israeli aircraft attack Hamas training camps in GazaAugust 28, 2012 - 11:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Israeli aircraft attacked three Hamas training camps in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, Aug 28 causing no injuries, eyewitnesses in the enclave said, AFP reported. An Israeli helicopter fired six missiles at two different sites northwest of Gaza city, both training camps for Hamas's military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, eyewitnesses said. In addition, an Israeli aircraft fired four rockets at a Qassam training camp south of Gaza City, according to sources in Gaza. There were no injuries in any of the attacks. The Israeli military confirmed the strikes on the northern Gaza Strip, without mentioning the third one. In a statement, the army said its "aircraft targeted two sites - a weapon manufacturing site and a weapon storage facility in the northern Gaza Strip." "Direct hits were confirmed. The sites were targeted in response to the continuous rocket fire towards southern Israel," the statement read. On Monday, Gaza militants fired three mortars that hit southern Israel, causing no damages or injuries. And on Sunday, two factories in the southern Israeli city Sderot were damaged by rockets. A Salafist group from Gaza, Mujahedeen Shura Council, assumed responsibility for that attack. Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has maintained a tacit truce with Israel, but other armed Palestinian groups regularly fire rockets and mortars across the border, which can spark air strikes in response. Tensions regularly flare along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, with Palestinian militants firing rockets into the Jewish state and the Israeli military launching retaliatory air strikes on the Palestinian territory. The last major flare-up was in June when militants fired more than 150 rockets at southern Israel, wounding five people, and Israel hit back with air strikes which killed 15 Palestinians. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |