Gaza radicals launch 135 missiles on Israel

World August 25, 2014, 8:52

Palestinian medical services said that 2,120 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip since July 8 when Israel launched military operation Protective Edge

TEL AVIV, August 25. /ITAR-TASS/. Palestinian radicals have launched 135 missiles from the Gaza Strip on Israel last Sunday, the press service of Israeli Defense Army reported.

Air defense systems intercepted ten missiles, 125 exploded on the territory of the Jewish state, moreover, five missiles in residential districts. Districts of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem came under missile strikes. Three Israelis were wounded in mortar fire at checkpoint Erez.

Meanwhile, Israeli army has hit 65 targets in the Gaza Strip, including storages and missile-producing plants, launchers and Hamas training camps for 24 hours on Sunday. On Sunday, Israeli army has also killed Mohammed al-Ghoul who was in charge of Hamas financial flows. Two extremists driving a motorbike were also killed on Sunday.

Palestinian medical services said that 2,120 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip since July 8 when Israel launched military operation Protective Edge. For 48 days of the military operation 68 were killed in Israel, including 64 soldiers and officers and a four-year-old boy.

Since Monday midnight a breathing spell has set in the Gaza Strip, but missile and mortar shelling in Israeli districts bordering the Palestinian coastal enclave resumed with dawn. However, Palestinian sources said that on Monday conflicting parties might accept a ceasefire Egypt offered in order to continue talks on a long-term truce. Both sides did not give official comments on this information. The previous series of ceasefires lasted about nine days and was disrupted in the afternoon on August 19.

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