Cairo – Egyptian officials demanded Wednesday that “Israel hold its aggression” and practice restraint toward the Gaza Strip.
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The comments, told by a third-party diplomatic source to Palestinian Ma’an news, came only hours after Israel responded to a Gazan rocket that was fired into the heart of Israeli civilian areas.
On Tuesday night, four weeks of relative calm were shattered when a mid-range rocket was fired at Israel and landed in Gan Yavne. The Israeli Air Force attacked four targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning in response.
Following the rocket being fired into Israel, Hamas security forces surrounded militants from the al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, and arrested a number of them, according to a separate report in Palestinian media, quoting sources in Gaza.
A Palestinian source quoted by Israel Radio said that a number of organizations in the Strip convened following the rocket being fired, which the source said goes against Palestinian interests and the interests of all parties in the Gaza Strip.
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How about Egypt telling the zookeepers to take control of their animals
save it for the Saudis who killed 40 “civilians” today.
Why is it that for 1500 years the Gentiles expect the Jew to restrain himself in the face of aggression from the Gentile to the Jew?
Let the restrain start the aggressor, not the victim.
This is the “pot calling the kettle black.” How hypocritical can they be after they destroyed thousands of Gaza homes, to give themselves a buffer, and bombed Gaza too.
I wonder if this attack is in any way connected to the opening of the Rafah border by Egypt?
This article is replete with severely distorted logic.
“Hold its aggression”? Is retaliation for an act of war called aggression?
“Hamas security forces made arrests”. Now that has got to be terrible! They will be herded in handcuffs for the media, then given a hero’s welcome with a party when away from cameras. If Yidden get out of golus as fast as these animals get released, we’ll all be better off.
“A number of organizations convened”. Their pressing question was how to pull off their murderous pursuits without provoking an Israeli response.
Let’s wait a few minutes for the White House to condemn the Israeli reaction, while accepting the rocket attack as ho-hum normal.