Hamas is using the safe zone in Gaza to fire rockets at Israel: report

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Hamas terrorists continued to fire rockets from a “humanitarian zone” set up in southern Gaza on Saturday, according to reports.

The Israeli Defense Forces said that the terrorists “launched several rockets at Israel from an area designed to protect civilians in the southern Gaza Strip of Al-Mawasi on Friday, the The Times of Israel reported.

The area established by the IDF to be safe for civilians in the Gaza Strip was torn apart by the war.

Four rockets were fired from the al-Mawasi area on Saturday, but “reached the Gaza Strip and endangered many citizens in Gaza,” a statement from the IDF said.

“This is another proof that Hamas uses the IDF humanitarian zone for terrorist activities,” the IDF said.

The IDF published a photo showing the locations of the rocket launcher from al-Mawasi, as well as a photo showing a rocket launcher.

Hamas terrorists have fired rockets at Israel from a civilian safe haven in southern Gaza, according to the Times of Israel. MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The IDF established a humanitarian safety zone in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza for the protection of civilians. AFP via Getty Images
Volunteers took a man who was wounded in the shelling of a house in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza on Friday. Hamas terrorists are using civilian safe zones to fire rockets against Israel. MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Fire continues from the Gaza Strip to Israel from other areas south and central Gaza in recent days, in areas where the IDF is not operating on the ground, the newspaper reported.

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The Palestinian Authority says more than 15,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed since Israel began its war against Gaza in retaliation for the brutal violence and killing of 1,200 Israelis by Hamas terrorists in October. 7 in southern Israel.





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