Israeli strikes target Hamas tunnels amid ceasefire calls

GAZA-(MaraviPost)-The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has thwarted an attempt by Hamas militants to attack Israel by sea with a “submergible naval weapon”.

In recent days, Israeli naval forces had spotted suspicious activity in northern Gaza, close to the assets of Hamas’s naval forces, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) tweeted.

“Today, using IAF aircraft surveillance and naval capabilities, several of the suspects were spotted with a vessel, suspected of being a Hamas submergible naval weapon.”

“The vessel was being taken to the shore, and appeared to be on its way to carry out a terror attack in Israeli waters. A short while ago, an IDF naval vessel and an IAF aircraft targeted the operators and the weapon in order to remove the threat.”

The IDF separately posted a video of the strike, which it said killed several militants.

Israeli aircraft carry out dozens more air strikes on Gaza – some targeting Hamas tunnels – as the latest upsurge in violence enters its second week

A top commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Gaza is thought to have been killed

Hamas militants continue to fire rockets into southern Israel. Israel says the concentration of rocket fire in the past week has been the highest ever

On Sunday, Palestinian officials said Gaza endured its deadliest day since fighting began

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all parties to end the “utterly appalling” violence

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the military operation against Hamas will continue “with full force” and that it will take time to restore calm

Source: BBC

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.