Israel closes Gaza border crossings
pmnewsnigeria.com Thursday, December 14, 2017 12:39

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Israel announced the closure of its Gaza border crossings on Thursday in response to daily rocket fire from the enclave over the past week.

This development comes up as a response to the U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital stoked Palestinian anger.

Israel’s military said its aircraft had struck three facilities belonging to Hamas, the political faction that controls the Gaza Strip, before dawn on Thursday after the latest incidents.

It said it targeted training camps and weapons storage compounds. adding that Hamas usually evacuates such facilities when border tensions spike.

Two of the rockets fired by militants were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system and a third exploded in an open area.

There were no reports of casualties on either side of the frontier.

The military said in a statement that “due to the security events and in accordance with security assessments” Kerem Shalom crossing the main passage point for goods entering the Gaza Strip.

It said that the Erez pedestrian crossing would be shut as of Thursday but did not say how long the closure would last.

Some 15 rockets have been fired into southern Israel since Trump’s Dec. 6 announcement, and none of the projectiles has caused serious injury or damage.

The attacks have drawn Israeli air strikes that have killed two Hamas gunmen.

Two other Palestinians have been killed in confrontations with Israeli troops during stone-throwing protests along the border.

Israeli Cabinet Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said on Israel Radio that while Hamas, which last fought a war with Israel in 2014, was not carrying out the rocket strikes, it needed to rein in militants from “breakaway groups” or it would “find itself in a situation where it has to contend” with the Israeli military.

In Istanbul on Wednesday, a summit of more than 50 Muslim countries condemned Trump’s move.

They all called on the world to respond by recognising East Jerusalem, captured by Israel along with the West Bank in a 1967 war, as the capital of Palestine.

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Hmm

This war never ends

Any head slammer that dares to reach the gate should be heavily dealt with you. undivided Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, it belongs to the Israeli.

I heard some terrorists went about protesting against Israel and US in Nigeria


I no fit laugh

Pls how do I join Israeli military?