Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, spreading panic among the population, according to Palestinian sources.
The Israeli army said in a statement that fighter jets and helicopters targeted installations belonging to Palestinian group Hamas in central Gaza.
A huge sounds of Israeli airstrikes against #Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
All they want is to sleep peacefully ?#gazaunderattack— Heba Khaled (@Heba_Khaled21) February 15, 2020
The raids came shortly after two rockets were allegedly fired from the blockaded strip into southern Israel.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
A huge sounds of Israeli airstrikes against #Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
All we want is to sleep peacefully ?#GazaUnderAttack— Amira Gaza (@AmiraGaza) February 15, 2020
Gaza, with a population of 2 million, has been under a hermetic Israeli siege since 2006, when the Palestinian group Hamas won the democratic legislative elections in occupied Palestine.
The Israeli airstrikes on Gaza at the moment. pic.twitter.com/sMP1atv0L2
— Palestinian Voices (@FalastinVoices) February 15, 2020
Since then, Israel has carried out numerous bombing campaigns and several major wars, that resulted in the death of thousands of people.
(Palestine Chronicle, PIC, Social Media)