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By Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli army says it reached militant targets in Gaza, an arms production site, after six rockets were fired from the territory early Friday.
There were no immediate reports of primary casualties or damage on either side, but the UN envoy to the Middle East warned that the scenario was “deteriorating rapidly” and that domestic life in the blocked Palestinian territory was “unbearable. “
Israel and Hamas, the Islamic militant organization that runs Gaza, have exchanged gunfire several times in recent weeks, and Hamas-linked teams have introduced a wave of incendiary balloons across the border that have burned large swathes of agricultural land.
Hamas is pressuring Israel to ease its blockade of Gaza and authorize large-scale advancement projects. Egypt and Qatar are going to consolidate a casual ceasefire.
These efforts have become more urgent in recent days, as Gazan authorities have detected the first cases of local coronavirus transmission and Hamas has imposed the closure of the border coastal territory of Israel and Egypt, which is home to 2 million Palestinians.
Bassem Naim, a Hamas official, warned of an additional escalation, saying that “catastrophic situations in the Gaza Strip are unprecedented. “He said the stage could lead to an “explosion where things get out of hand. “
Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade in Gaza after Hamas took the force of rival Palestinian forces in 2007. Israel says the blockade is mandatory to prevent Hamas from building its arsenal, but critics see it as a form of collective punishment. Israel and Hamas have fought 3 wars and several minor battles since the tax close.
Restrictions have brought the local economy to the point of collapse, leaving more than part of the population unemployed, and years of war and isolation have left the fitness formula ill-equipped to deal with a primary epidemic.
In reaction to the recent attacks, Israel closed the Gaza advertising crossing, forcing its power plant to close because of a lack of fuel and leaving Gazans with a few hours of power a day. Israel also closed the fishing domain of coastal territory.
“The stage in Y around Gaza is deteriorating rapidly,” UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov tweeted. “Militants continue to launch projectiles and incendiary artifacts. The hardening of the closures makes life in the Strip unbearable. Electricity is reduced to 3 hours, hospitals run slightly. “»
“I’m VERY involved in the near climbing,” he added.
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