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The Palestinian militias in Gaza, led by the terrorist group Hamas, 2,300 rockets fired at Israel since last Monday, when the current military escalation between both parties began, the Israeli Army reported this Saturday.
Of the total number of rockets, 380 launches were unsuccessful and fell within the Palestinian coastal enclave, Y a thousand were intercepted by the Israeli anti-missile system, Iron Dome, according to the source.
The escalation of the war has already caused death of 149 people. Tension spiked on Monday with the launch of rockets from the enclave, following protests and riots in Jerusalem, and Israeli bombardments that has escalated to a warlike confrontation, the worst since 2014.
The anti-aircraft sirens continued to sound today in the communities bordering Gaza, in the Israeli city of Ashkelon and in Beersheba, in the south of the country.
The Israeli Army claims to attack only targets belonging to the Islamist Hamas and Islamic Jihad militias, and their members, and estimates that has killed in targeted attacks more than 30 militiamen, including senior commanders.
The massive offensive by land and air in the early hours of Friday was aimed at a network of underground tunnels where their leaders are apparently hiding and it is estimated that several of them died, waiting to confirm identities.
Israeli bombings destroyed in the last hours intelligence facilities belonging to Hamas and rocketssaid the Army.
The American envoy, Hady AmrIsrael is there to try to mediate and reach a ceasefire in this escalating tension between Palestinians and Israelis that has spread.
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Rockets launched from Gaza this week.
Lebanon closed roads to Israel border for fear of protests
Lebanese authorities have closed the roads that lead to the border area with Israel where on Friday a group of protesters crossed the fence in support of Palestine for the escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip, after new concentrations were called for this Saturday.
The Lebanese National News Agency (ANN) reported the launch of “strict security measures“In the border area of Marjayún, where roads have been closed and checkpoints have been opened”to prevent Palestinian processions from reaching the Lebanese border and occupied Palestine”.
A series of Palestinian factions have convened for this Saturday protests on the esplanade of Marjayún and have mobilized buses to move protesters to the divide from various Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanese territory, where about 500,000 registered with the United Nations reside.
Yesterday, a group of protesters crossed the fence separating Lebanon and Israel, killing a young man affiliated with the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah and injuring another person when shot by Israeli forces.
After the incident, the UN Peace Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Army sent reinforcements to the area, where Hezbollah has a strong presence.
Lebanon and its neighbor Israel do not have diplomatic relations; They are formally at war and, to this day, after several armed conflicts, they have not yet established a permanent ceasefire.
The protests come amid the worst escalation of violence in the past seven years between Palestinians and Israelis.