The Israeli air force struck the central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the Qatari television channelAl Jazeera.
According to him, airstrikes hit the cities of Deir el-Balah and Rafah. No injuries or deaths were reported.
The situation in the Middle East deteriorated sharply after the infiltration of Hamas fighters from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, which was accompanied by the killing of residents of border villages and the capture of more than 240 hostages. including children, women and the elderly. The radicals called this attack a response to the actions of the Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Israel declared a total blockade of Gaza and launched retaliatory actions against it and certain areas of Lebanon and Syria, after which it launched a ground operation in the Palestinian enclave. There are also clashes on the West Bank.