The Ma'an News Agency reported that Israeli aircraft launched several attacks in the Khan Younis and Gaza City areas of Gaza early this morning. Damage to several structures and multiple injuries to children occurred during the attacks. According to an Israeli military spokesperson, the air strikes had targeted two weapons-manufacturing plants and two arms caches controlled by Hamas. Despite this, the Daloul cheese and dairy factory was among the damaged structures. Moreover, three children were injured as a result of flying debris from the factory. The strike, once again, reveals the consequences and difficulties posed by military attacks on high-density civilian areas.
The air attacks, said the Israeli military spokesperson, were authorized in response to a Qasam rocket fired from Gaza yesterday that landed in the Israeli coastal area of Ashkelon. This back and forth is only the most recent indicator of the increasingly perilous situation developing between Israel and Gaza. Only a week ago two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed along the Gaza-Israel border when they attempted to pursue several militants, who were purportedly laying explosives along the frontier. Rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza have also been on the rise. 20 such incidents were reported during the month of March. Including today's attacks, Israeli forces have killed 10 Palestinians and injured at least 50 others in the Gaza strip since the beginning of the year.
Al-Jazeera English ran the following coverage (0:00-1:20) of today's air strike:
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