Israeli warplanes fired some 15 missiles at a site in the central coastal enclave of #Gaza, completely destroying it, causing extensive damage to nearby property and resulting in power outage which plunged entire central strip into darkness, Jan. 27, 2023. (photo)

In the first 26 days of 2023, invading Israeli forces killed 29 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank (plus another child in Gaza died from wounds inflicted by Israeli forces last year). Yesterday’s Israeli raid had killed 9 people

In response, Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza fired two rockets into Israel

Today, Israel fired dozens of missiles targeting several areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing major damage

Reposted from IMEMC and IMEMC

On Thursday night, air raid sirens sounded in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, warning the Israeli residents to go into shelters as the Palestinian resistance fired two rockets in Gaza.

The rockets were in response to the massive Israeli invasion of the city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday, in which Israeli soldiers killed nine Palestinians. [Info on Palestinian rockets here.]

The escalation on Thursday follows three weeks of daily incursions into Jenin and other areas in the West Bank. Since 2023 began, Israeli forces have killed thirty Palestinians, most of them civilians in the northern part of the West Bank. No Israelis have been killed in the same time period.

In response, on Thursday night, the Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells toward the settlements around the Gaza Strip.

This marks the first response from the resistance in Gaza to the Israeli escalation in the Jenin refugee camp.

Israeli sources said that warning sirens were activated in “Ashkelon” and after the settlements around the Gaza Strip.

A spokesman for the occupation army stated that “two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli territory, and they were intercepted.”

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers killed Yousef Yahia Abdul-Karim Mheisin, 22, near Ramallah in the central West Bank, during a procession condemning the Israeli onslaught on Jenin, leading to the killing of nine Palestinians, including one woman and two siblings.

The slain Palestinians have been identified as:

Saeb Mahmoud Ezreiqi, 24, Jenin city.
Ezzeddin Yassin Salahat, 26, Jenin refugee camp.
Abdullah Marwan Al-Ghoul, 18, Jenin refugee camp.
Wasim Amjad Aref Abu Al-Ja’as, 22, Jenin refugee camp.
Majeda Obeid, 61, Jenin refugee camp.
Mo’tasem Mahmoud Abu Al-Hasan, 40, Al-Yamoun town.
Mohammad Mahmoud Sobeh, 30, Burqin town.
Mohammad Sami Ghneim, 28, Burqin town.
Nour Sami Ghneim, 25, from Burqin.

The soldiers also killed one Palestinian, Yousef Yahia Abdul-Karim Mheisin, 22, in the Al-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, during a procession condemning the Israeli onslaught on Jenin.

Also Thursday, a Palestinian child, Nayef Oweidat, 13, died from serious wounds he suffered last year during the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

Nayef al-Oweidat is one of 50 Palestinians (18 of them minors) who were killed during Israel's 2022 attack on Gaza. — Nayef al-Oweidat died from Israeli air strike. (photo)

Israeli War Jets Fire Missiles Into Several Sites In Gaza

On Friday dawn, the Israeli Air Force fired dozens of missiles targeting several areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, especially in Central Gaza.

Media sources said the army fired more than fifteen missiles into one site in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Central Gaza, destroying it and causing damage to many surrounding homes and buildings.

The Air Force also fired several missiles at a site southwest of Gaza city, destroying it and causing damage to nearby homes.

The Israeli army said it fired the missiles in response to what it called “rocket fire from Gaza” and added that its missiles targeted several buildings, including one reportedly used as an underground rocket production facility. [Info on Gaza here.]

The Israeli attacks came less than a day after a Palestinian child, Nayef Oweidat, 13, died from serious wounds he suffered last year during the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip, and serious military escalation in the West Bank, Thursday, leading to the death of nine Palestinians, including siblings and one woman in Jenin.

The Palestinians, killed by Israeli army fire in the Jenin governorate, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, Thursday, have been identified as:

Saeb Mahmoud Ezreiqi, 24, Jenin city.
Ezzeddin Yassin Salahat, 26, Jenin refugee camp.
Abdullah Marwan Al-Ghoul, 18, Jenin refugee camp.
Wasim Amjad Aref Al-Ja’as, 22, Jenin refugee camp.
Majeda Obeid, 61, Jenin refugee camp.
Mo’tasem Mahmoud Abu Al-Hasan, 40, Al-Yamoun town.
Mohammad Mahmoud Sobeh, 30, Burqin town.
Mohammad Sami Ghneim, 28, Burqin town.
Nour Sami Ghneim, 25, from Burqin.

The soldiers also soldiers killed Yousef Yahia Abdul-Karim Mheisin, 22, in the Al-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, during a procession condemning the Israeli onslaught on Jenin.

– International Middle East Media Center

For a complete list of Palestinians and Israelis killed since 2000, please visit Israel-Palestine Timeline

NOTE: The entire West Bank has been under Israeli occupation since 1967; all its official entrances and exits are controlled by Israeli soldiers, making its Palestinian inhabitants virtual prisoners. Many are families that were ethnically cleansed from Israel during Israel’s founding war (see this and this and this). Israeli forces often invade them; one example is here.

Israel was established in 1947 through a war of ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population, both Muslims and Christians, and it continues to steal other people’s land for illegal colonies known as ‘settlements.’ While Palestinians most often use nonviolent resistance, a small number use armed resistance against the invaders.

Thanks to the pro-Israel lobby in the US, Congress disburses over $20 million per day of Americans’ tax money directly to and/or on behalf of Israel.

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