Israeli warplanes bomb resistance sites in Beit Lahiya

17 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2012 الساعة . 12:51 م   بتوقيت القدس

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) waged at dawn Wednesday a spate of air raids on different resistance stations in Beit Lahiya district to the north of Gaza.

Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the Israeli aerial attacks were swift and devastating like the first strikes in the 2008 war on Gaza.

They said the warplanes fired five missiles at a resistance post known as "the wall" belonging to Hamas's armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades, which is located behind Sheikh Zayed towers in Beit Lahiya.

The warplanes also bombed another resistance post belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades known as the site of martyred leader Ibrahim Makadmeh, which is located behind Beit Lahiya club.

A medical source said the ambulances rushed to the scenes, but no casualties were found or reported.

The Israeli military aerial and artillery attacks that started a week ago have caused noticeable panic among the civilians in Gaza especially among the children.

In a related incident, local residents reported they saw wide military activities along the eastern borderline of Gaza.

The residents told Quds Press that they spotted at an early morning hour on Tuesday active moves of military trucks and vehicles distributing weapons and equipment to military posts along the eastern borderline.

They added the distribution of military supplies was carried out under intensive flight of different warplanes over Gaza border areas.

A few days earlier, the Israeli army had launched surveillance balloons over Gaza to monitor resistance activities.

These military moves are taking place as the Israeli army keeps threatening to wage another large-scale war on Gaza similar to the one that happened in 2008.