Israel, Gaza militants trade fire after West Bank deaths | DW News

Israel's military says it has carried out airstrikes against militant targets in Gaza. The attacks come hours after rockets were launched from the Palestinian territory. Israel says three out of five rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system. No casualties have been reported on either side. The escalation comes after the Israeli army carried out a deadly raid on the West Bank town of Janine. The Palestinian Authority says nine people were killed in the operation, which Israel said was aimed at thwarting an imminent attack. Palestinians flock to the streets of Janine to bury their dead. They say one of the victims was a 60-year-old woman.

This video released by Israel shows troops entering a house in the Janine refugee camp in a rare daytime raid. Israel said the house was being used by suspected

militants

planning an attack against Israelis. What was left of the house after the military said it detonated the explosives used by the suspects. The three-hour raid is described as the deadliest Israeli operation in the West Bank in two decades. The Janine refugee camp is considered a stronghold of Palestinian

militants

. Islamic Jihad organization The EU designates Islamic Jihad as a terrorist organization one of the group's leaders promised defiance after the attack our resistance will continue we will not back down from confronting the occupier we will not be intimidated from abroad The attack quickly sparked Palestinian protests and clashes with police Israeli Israel's far-right national security minister praised the mission and reiterated that the troops have the full support of the government.

I want to congratulate the anti-terrorist forces, the Shin Bet, who carried out a successful operation last night. We support our soldiers in the war against terrorists against militants Israel has put its forces on high alert for fear of more attacks Palestinian anger has been rising since Israel's new ruling coalition, the most right-wing ever taken in the power last month, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next week in a bid to help reduce tensions. I recently spoke with Sami Sokol, a freelance journalist in Jerusalem. I asked if there are any signs that tensions are easing now after the latest outbreak of violence.

Yes, good. I will give you the best sign perhaps is the fact that we have seen that the schools around the Gaza Strip inside Israel are open as usual, now we know that if the military thinks there will be more rocket attacks coming from the Gaza Strip , what they normally do is announce that the home front command announced that all schools will be closed within a certain range of the Gaza Strip now that Israeli children are returning to school in the area surrounding Gaza. The Gaza Strip would give some sort of indication that we are not expected to see any more rockets flying from the Gaza Strip, so what we are seeing now is that Israel received the rockets that were launched from Gaza, but there were no casualties in that moment.

Israel attacked the Gaza Strip again overnight but again there were no casualties, on the other side there was damage to the infrastructure belonging to some of the militant organizations and now we are seeing some kind of Allah and of course we have to see where it is going to go next the Palestinian Authority has said that it has stopped cooperation with the Israeli authorities security cooperation what consequences that could have in fact this is a very important component between Israel and the Palestinian Authority Israel's authority depends largely of this type of security coordination in their fight against some of the militants in the West Bank, but again we have seen these statements in the past and we don't know how long it will last and I assume with the arrival of Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. next week at the region's meeting with Israeli and Palestinian officials, this is also something that could be fixed and we have seen that this type of announcement has also happened in the past, but without a doubt we are in a very tense situation between Israel and La Palestinian Authority is very angry with these murders yesterday in Janine.

In fact, tensions are very high. There is a lot of anger. What is the situation in the West Bank right now? Sammy, yes, well, I can tell you that I was designing yesterday and this situation ended. There was a lot of tension, people are very angry and they hope that there will be solidarity with Janine after the murder of people in gen. They expect the Palestinian Authority to expect the factions to expect Hamas to expect Islamic Jihad to retaliate. We know that the Palestinian Authority has announced the three-day warning period and we know that there are reasons to go and confront the Israeli soldiers and what we saw yesterday, we saw protests, we saw a Palestinian killed yesterday in these protests and We are still to see what will happen today, which is Friday.

Sammy, thank you very much, journalist Sami Sokol, there in Jerusalem.