Start of the year marked by tension in the Middle East.
Two rockets fired from Gaza in the early hours of 2022 exploded off the coast of Tel Aviv. No casualties or damage were reported, the Israeli authorities report.
It wasn't going to be an attack, though. According to anonymous sources of the armed factions of the Strip, in fact, the launches were not intentional, but would have been "caused by bad weather".
An explanation that did not convince Tel Aviv. In response, the Israeli army hit Hamas positions in the southern Strip.
The Jewish state army explained that "attacks are underway against terrorist targets in Gaza", while Palestinian sources said that "Israeli fighter jets are targeting a site of the al-Qassam brigades (aka armed wing of Hamas). west of Khan Younes ", center in the south of the Strip.
Last week Hamas conducted some complex military exercises in Gaza together with other Palestinian armed factions, thus signaling - some analysts pointed out - that it had recovered much of the offensive potential hit by Israel in the fighting last May.
(Unioneonline / lf)