Hamas launches an intense attack with hundreds of rockets on Ashkelon - GulfToday

Hamas launches an intense attack with hundreds of rockets on Ashkelon

  • 10 Oct 2023
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A salvo of rockets is fired by Hamas towards Israel. AFP

On Tuesday, the Al-Qassim Brigades, the military arm of the Hamas movement, launched an intensive attack with hundreds of rockets on the city of Ashkelon, in response to “the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip and the policy of displacing civilians.”

The Brigades confirmed that they would continue to bomb the city until all its residents were displaced “if the displacement continues” in Gaza,” then moving to another city.

Earlier today, Tuesday, the Israeli army said: Sirens sounded in the city of Beersheba in the south, which is approximately 40 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, while Tel Aviv and other locations were targeted with several salvoes of missiles.

Reuters

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