The Israeli occupation army is investigation failure over Hamas rocket attack which killed four occupation soldiers and injured ten others near Karem Abu Salem (known in Hebrew as Kerem Shalom).
Israeli media reported on Monday that military was investigating why the Iron Dome air defense system did not engage the barrage launched by Hamas’ Al-Qassam fighters.
Hamas announced on Sunday an operation targeting the Zionist command headquarters and deployments inside the Karem Abu Salem military site, east of Rafah with a barrage of Rujoum rockets.
The resistance group issued a video on Sunday showing the rocket attack by Hamas’ armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades.
For its part, the occupation army said at least ten rockets were fired from the Rafah area in southern Gaza in the attack. It announced that four Israeli soldiers were killed and 10 more were wounded in the Hamas-claimed strike.
The deaths brought the toll of announced slain troops in the Zionist ground offensive along the Gaza border to 267, The Times of Israel reported.
Most of the rockets struck an area where troops were gathered on the border, not far from the Karem Abu Salem border crossing, Israeli media reported, adding that the soldiers had been guarding military equipment that was brought to the area for the occupation army’s planned offensive in Rafah.
⚡️Casualty evacuation operations from Kerem Shalom pic.twitter.com/8V6Z13KEOm
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Sirens sounded in Karem Abu Salem during the attack, and one of the rockets hit a house in the settlement, the Israeli media added..
Source: Israeli and Palestinian media (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
