Israel pounds Gaza after rocket strikes house

Source: Electric Intafada

by Maureen Clare Murphy | Rights and Accountability | 25 March 2019

An Israeli airstrike targets a building said to house the offices of Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City on 25 March. Ashraf Amra APA images

Seven Palestinians were injured as Israel bombarded Gaza on Monday night in what Israel's acting foreign minister said was the military's largest offensive there since 2014.

Palestinian factions fired rockets from Gaza towards southern Israel in response. Video showed a home in Sderot that was hit with a rocket fired from Gaza:

أضرار داخل منزل للمستوطنين في "سديروت" بعد استهدافه بصاروخ من قطاع #غزة. pic.twitter.com/8b5e8c8OfC

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) March 25, 2019

The bombing and rocket launching continued despite reports that Egypt had mediated a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinan factions in Gaza.

Gaza rocket destroys Israeli house

The bombing began Monday hours after a rocket fired from Gaza destroyed a home in Mishmeret, an agricultural town north of Tel Aviv, injuring seven. No Palestinian faction claimed responsibility for the rocket.

Monday marked the second time in two weeks that projectiles fired from Gaza reached central Israel, both purportedly by accident.

That's right. Indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations are strictly prohibited under int'l law. But it’s equally prohibited to resort to belligerent reprisal against the civilian population, civilian objects, objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population. https://t.co/Fd4NZnCvEe

— Jamil Dakwar (@jdakwar) March 25, 2019

Raining fire on densely populated area (2 million in 25 by 7 mile territory) on population you've occupied for 50+ yrs & caged in open-air prison for 10+ bound to result in civilian death & won't make Israel safer. Sending a message should never come at expense of civilian life. https://t.co/b8rHpexZYp

— Omar Shakir (@OmarSShakir) March 25, 2019

Israel claimed that a three-story building in Gaza targeted by its warplanes was a "secret headquarters" belonging to the intelligence services of Hamas.

Videos were said to show that building being hit:

مشاهد أخرى للحظة قصف مبنى الأمن الداخلي في #غزة.#غزة_تحت_القصف pic.twitter.com/QXODL2kQR4

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) March 25, 2019

لحظة قصف الطيران الحربي لمقر الأمن الداخلي غرب #غزة.#غزة_تحت_القصف pic.twitter.com/4FqKVyANRH

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) March 25, 2019

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