{"id":19868,"date":"2021-06-18T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=19868"},"modified":"2021-06-18T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T20:55:48","slug":"israel-hits-hamas-targets-with-the-1st-airstrikes-since-cease-fire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/israel-hits-hamas-targets-with-the-1st-airstrikes-since-cease-fire-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Hits Hamas Targets With The 1st Airstrikes Since Cease-Fire Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jaclyn Diaz<\/a>, Deborah Amos<\/a> – June 16, 2021<\/p>\n

Overnight, tensions between Israel and Hamas erupted into violence, posing a potential threat to the brief period of peace reached between the two just weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Israeli jets struck two targets early Wednesday in Gaza. In a tweet, which included a video of the attack, the Israel Defense Forces said<\/a> its “fighter jets struck Hamas military compounds last night, which were used as meeting sites for Hamas terror operatives. Hamas will bear the consequences for its actions.”<\/p>\n

The IDF said it’s “prepared for any scenario, including a resumption of hostilities, in the face of continuing terror activities from the Gaza Strip.”<\/p>\n

It’s unclear if there were any injuries or deaths tied to the airstrikes.<\/p>\n

The IDF launched this attack evidently in retaliation for a series of incendiary balloons launched by Hamas hours earlier. The balloons caused at least 20 fires on Israel’s southern border.<\/p>\n

Those balloons were in response to a flag march in Jerusalem<\/a> earlier Tuesday during which Israeli nationalists marched through Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem waving flags, with some yelling, “Death to Arabs.”<\/p>\n

Palestinian leaders, who saw the march as a provocation, called for a “Day of Rage.” Israeli police responded to Palestinian demonstrators by attempting to disperse them with rubber bullets.<\/p>\n

The tit for tat throughout Tuesday upended the brief cease-fire reached May 21 after an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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