GAZA: Al-Qassam Brigade, the Military Wing of Hamas, claimed Thursday (20th March, 2025) that it had bombed the city of Tel Aviv deep inside the occupied territories with a barrage of M90 rockets from here to avenge renewed Israeli aerial attacks that killed hundreds of Palestinian men, women and children.
This was the premiere retaliation by Hamas after the collapse of 2-month-old ceasefire. Israeli military, while confirming that three projectiles were fired by Al-Qassam Brigade, claimed that one was intercepted and two fell into an open area sans casualty. Israel also claimed that the ballistic missile fired by Iran-backed Houtis, had also been intercepted.
It may be recalled that on 18th March, 413 Palestinians (including women and children) lost their lives, 660 got injured, when Israel launched ‘extensive strikes’ shattering the 2-month-old truce with Hamas. Israeli armed forces, that termed the airstrikes across Gaza as ‘extensive’, warned that they would continue the bombardment and could go beyond air strikes.
Hamas in a statement held: “Netanyahu and his extremist government are making a decision to overturn the ceasefire agreement, exposing prisoners in Gaza to an unknown fate.” Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry of Palestine, an unknown number of bodies are still under the rubble. China, terming the 18th March attack called for steps to prevent a “humanitarian disaster” in Gaza.
UNICEF spokesperson in southern Gaza’s Rafah Rosalia Bollen lamented, “… these hospitals will now again be overwhelmed with very severely injured people. And beyond those hundreds reported killed, there will be many more very badly injured, including scores of children, so we call for the reinstatement of the ceasefire – this is absolutely critical to save children’s lives.”
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