Israeli Planes Pound Hamas

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli planes pounded Hamas targets and rival Palestinian Arab factions exchanged bursts of automatic weapons fire outside Gaza City’s Islamic University today. The volatile mix of Israeli strikes and Palestinian Arab infighting plunged Gaza deeper into chaos.Five Palestinian Arabs were killed in a single airstrike by Israel, which said it was responding to Hamas rocket attacks on southern Israel — a campaign that showed no sign of subsiding today. Hamas fired three rockets at the town of Sderot, where three people were injured by shrapnel and several others were treated for shock.The sound of gunfire and explosions from fighting between Hamas and Fatah rang out for the sixth straight day in Gaza. Outside the Islamic University — a Hamas stronghold — one person was wounded from the exchange of fire but it was not immediately known from which side.Members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ presidential guard and other Fatah loyalists were advancing on Hamas fighters from different directions — and the house of the university’s dean was attacked by rocket propelled grenades, according to Hamas.However, presidential guard spokesman Ali al-Kaisi denied his group was involved in any attack on the university.The university’s president, Kamelen Shaath, appealed for an immediate halt to the violence.“Universities must be outside the circle of violence and I appeal to the president and all the wise people on both sides to try and spare the university the agony of this fight,” he said.In six days of mayhem, 46 Palestinian Arabs have died in the infighting and another 17 were killed in Israeli strikes.The fighting between Hamas and Fatah has all-but destroyed a two-month-old power sharing deal between them, and brought them close to all-out civil war. The Israeli strikes have introduced a new layer of violence and uncertainty — though a senior army official, speaking on condition of anonymity because no official decision has been made, said Israel had no immediate plans for a major ground offensive to halt rocket fire.Israeli aircraft fired missiles east of Gaza City today, killing five Palestinian Arabs, at least three of them Hamas militants, and wounding six people, Hamas and local doctors said. The military said the target was a Hamas headquarters building. Two other strikes followed but there was no word of any casualties, Palestinian Arab doctors said. The army said it struck at a squad that fired rockets into Israel.

Israeli Planes Pound Hamas

Israeli Planes Pound Hamas

More from the New York Sun

The Assisted Death Clinic That Has Helped Ten New Yorkers To End Their Lives

Melania Trump Secures Ceasefire in Besieged Ukrainian City, White House Announces

‘Woke Insanity’: Scottish Museum Pulls Ancient Egyptian Mummy Citing Inability To Secure ‘Consent’ From Remains

Voting Made Easier for Rikers Island Inmates And 7,000 in New York City Jails

Democrat Blames Loss to El-Sayed on Fake Polling as Wedgewood’s ‘Social Experiment’ Exposes the ‘Pollercoaster’

Trump Says He Told Ramaswamy To Run Ad Featuring Opponent’s Estranged Mother Excoriating Sexually Abused Daughter

Exclusive: Elon Musk’s Employees Lose Enthusiasm for Democrats, Company Donations Disclose

Eyes Turn to Mississippi Senate Races Where Both Parties Are Now Investing Millions, as Trump, Harris Travel to State

More from the New York Sun

The Assisted Death Clinic That Has Helped Ten New Yorkers To End Their Lives

Melania Trump Secures Ceasefire in Besieged Ukrainian City, White House Announces

‘Woke Insanity’: Scottish Museum Pulls Ancient Egyptian Mummy Citing Inability To Secure ‘Consent’ From Remains

Voting Made Easier for Rikers Island Inmates And 7,000 in New York City Jails

Democrat Blames Loss to El-Sayed on Fake Polling as Wedgewood’s ‘Social Experiment’ Exposes the ‘Pollercoaster’

Trump Says He Told Ramaswamy To Run Ad Featuring Opponent’s Estranged Mother Excoriating Sexually Abused Daughter

Exclusive: Elon Musk’s Employees Lose Enthusiasm for Democrats, Company Donations Disclose

Eyes Turn to Mississippi Senate Races Where Both Parties Are Now Investing Millions, as Trump, Harris Travel to State