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Summary: Hamas and Israel exchange fire. Any joker could start the next war. Israel losing ground internationally – a sharp warning from Obama.
Twice in the last week rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel at targets up to 20 miles range and Israel has retaliated with air strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad military facilities. No casualties or damage have been reported. Responsibility for the rocket attack yesterday 4 June aimed at Ashkelon and Netivot was claimed by a little known Salafist organisation the Shaikh Umar Hadid Brigade saying it was in response to the "killing of an IS fighter in Gaza a day ago by Hamas militants." Hamas security forces had reportedly shot dead a Salafist leader during an attempt to arrest the man for having "illegal" weapons.
Israel however holds Hamas responsible for all rocket attacks. As the Times of Israel commented yesterday 5 June "That may sound like a dramatic statement yet it is essentially meaningless. Not only was Hamas clearly not behind the rocket attack, but the Israeli government is also highly interested in maintaining the organization’s rule in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s retaliation, a strike on an empty Hamas facility, unsurprisingly resulted in no casualties. Hamas already knows the drill: rockets land in Israel, the organization evacuates its positions, the IDF carries out a strike on vacant sites, and everything goes back to normal — until the next round… In the meantime, residents of southern Israel cannot expect real quiet. A fight between two clans or rival factions will often end in rocket fire at the Israelis. The Israeli responses, mostly due to public opinion, will probably become more severe with time, as will the attacks from the Strip. And so, with baby steps, Hamas and Israel approach the next round of violence."http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2820afb1fbae0c99e88fb6f52&id=97a808ad21&e=672f0b89c4
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