Press Secretary of the Israel Defense Army Jonathan Konuris confirmed that the Israeli army prepares for a ground operation in the Gaza Strip and is waiting for an order from the General Staff to its implementation. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
“Troops in the Gaza division are located at different stages of training, including the instructions for the management of the General Staff, but have not yet been given an order to carry out such an operation. But military preparations are really conducted,” said Konrikus.
Earlier, the Martial Wing of the Palestinian Movement of Islamists Hamas, recognized as a terrorist organization in a number of Western countries, “Brigade Al-Kassam” announced the launch of 130 missiles in the direction of three Israeli cities: Ashkelon, neventot and Sderot. So the radicals responded to the death of a number of their commanders and the destruction of a 16-storey building in the center of the gas sector.
Rockets were released from the gas sector towards Israel against the background of the discharge of tensions and acts of violence near the border and in East Jerusalem after the Israeli court decided to evict several Palestinian families from their homes in the Jerusalem quarter of Sheikh Jarakh. The aggravation began against the background of clashes between Palestinians and Israelis per day of Jerusalem.