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Jerusalem — As Cleanup in Gaza continues from a brief conflict with Israel over the weekend, but which side has suffered casualties after Israel said a rocket misfire from the Palestinian side had killed 15 people in the enclave. There is another battle going on over the
According to Israeli military officials, a fifth of the more than 1,000 rockets fired into Israel failed, with many slamming into the surface of Gaza, the longest recorded 56-hour battle. caused one-third of the 44 deaths. Israeli jets bombarded the narrow coastal strip.
Islamic Jihad rockets veered off course and headed for the ground soon after they were launched on Saturday, killing five, according to video and radar images provided by the Israeli military. . 4 kids.
Both Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and Islamic Jihad, an Iran-backed militant group targeted by Israel in airstrikes, deny Israeli accounts and blame all deaths in Gaza. blamed Israel. But a spokesman for Islamic Jihad said it was investigating.
"Israel has initiated a military round and therefore will be responsible for all the consequences of that military round," spokesman Daud Shehab said.
"We are investigating every report and every incident cited by the press," he said. He added that some claims had already been proven false, but did not give details.
are making false allegations to avoid responsibility for the murder of civilians and children," he said.
Hamas briefly issued orders directing freelance journalists not to report claims that casualties may have been caused by Palestinian rockets. He immediately canceled his order.
Damage to cars and buildings in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza left little doubt about the power of the blast that hit the area for the first time on Saturday. A night when the lights and air conditioner disappeared due to a power outage.
"Suddenly there was an explosion in the middle of the street with children and women," said Farid Al-Khatib, whose son was injured in the blast.
VEERED OFF COURSE
Both Islamic Jihad and Hamas, who did not participate in the weekend fighting, developed rockets with the help of Iran, but they remains a relatively crude device compared to the sophisticated weapons used by Israel.
More than 1,000 were launched into Israel, but most were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system, causing no significant damage or casualties.
Overall, the Israeli military said at least three of his Islamic Jihad rockets had failed. One in Jabalya, one in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza and one in Al Bureij in central Gaza killed about 15 people before Egyptian intervention. A truce ended the fighting late Sunday.
"Their disregard for human life was tragic. Multiple failed rocket launches led to the deaths of innocent Palestinian children in Gaza." It's connected," said Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda He Thomas Greenfield called for an inquiry into civilian casualties, stating:
Many on the ground in Jabalya claimed that Israel was responsible for the deaths and refused to trust Israel's account.
"The Jabarya camp catastrophe, the martyrdom of the Jabarya camp, was caused by the occupation," said the blast, who lost his sons Ahmed, 12, and Moamen, 6, to the blast. Mohammad Alnailab, 38, said:
Some preferred to wait for investigation.
"I don't know if it was an Israeli attack or not. What happened was that there were rockets falling and Israeli planes in the sky," Al-Khatib said. said.
"I don't know if it's an Arab rocket or an Israeli rocket," he said. "We cannot judge. This must be done by the parties concerned, international organizations and human rights organizations, who must come here to monitor and investigate." (by Mayan Lebel, Jerusalem) Additional reporting; written by James Mackenzie; edited by John Boyle)
